Fabaceae
Microcharis

Microcharis kucharii (Thulin) Schrire

First published in Bothalia 22: 166 (1992)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central Somalia. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Descriptions

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Type
C2, Bulo Burti Distr., 4°02’N, 45°23’E, Kuchar 17609 (UPS holo., K MOG iso.)
Morphology General Habit
Cushion-forming shrublet to 20 cm tall; stems covered by hairs with spreading tips
Morphology Leaves
Leaves digitately to pinnately 3-foliolate or pinnately 5-foliolate; leaflets linear to narrowly elliptic, the terminal 4–17 x 1–3 mm, pubescent with appressed to spreading hairs; petiole rigid, 5–25 mm long; rhachis up to 8 mm long, somewhat spinescent
Morphology Leaves Stipules
Stipules 2–5 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes lax, c. 7–18-flowered, axis up to 10 cm long including the short peduncle
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx c. 2.5 mm long, divided to near the middle
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens c. 2.4 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod spirally coiled, somewhat torulose, c. 10–18 x 1.5–2 mm, densely hispid with spreading hairs, several-seeded.
Distribution
C2 not known elsewhere.
Ecology
Altitude range 180–220 m.
[FSOM]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Insufficiently known
Ecology
Africa: Somalia-Masai bushland and thicket
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Shrub
[ILDIS]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0