Fabaceae
Microcharis

Microcharis stipulosa (Chiov.) Schrire

First published in Bothalia 22: 167 (1992)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ethiopia to 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

Morphology General Habit
Decumbent to erect perennial, woody below; stems ± covered by the persistent, linear-lanceolate, (1.5–)3–11 mm long stipules
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 1-foliolate, linear-lanceolate, up to 70 x 12 mm, ± appressed silvery pubescent on both sides; petiole 2.5–8 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Raceme up to c. 14-flowered, lax; peduncle 20–150 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 2.5–4 mm long, divided to the middle into narrowly triangular lobes
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens c. 4 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod c. 20–30 x 2 mm, straight, strigulose, c. 12-seeded.
Distribution
N1; C1; Ethiopia
Ecology
Altitude range 200–1680 m.
Note
The Somali material has shorter stipules (1.5–5 mm) and petioles than the material from S Ethiopia. Similar plants are known also in E Ethiopia, see Thulin, Leg. Eth. (1983).
[FSOM]

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: not threatened. Confidence: low confidence
[AERP]

International Legume Database and Information Service

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

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

  • 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