Fabaceae
Microcharis

Microcharis tritoides (Baker) Schrire

First published in Bothalia 22: 167 (1992)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is NE. Tropical Africa, Arabian Peninsula. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Descriptions

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: confident
[AERP]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Insufficiently known
Ecology
Africa: Somalia-Masai bushland and thicket, Sahel regional transition zone; grassland
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Herb
[ILDIS]

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

Type
N1, “Golis Range”, “Dara-as”, Cole s.n. (K holo.)
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, up to 0.5 m high, erect or decumbent, densely appressed silvery pubescent
Morphology Leaves
Leaves digitately 3-foliolate or some leaves simple; petiole up to 10 mm long; leaflets linear to broadly obovate, up to 10–35 x 1.5–25 mm, silvery on both sides
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes up to c. 30-flowered, longer than the leaves; peduncle 5–30 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 2–3.5 mm long, divided to the middle into narrowly triangular lobes
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens 3–5 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod up to 25–45 x 2 mm, straight or upcurved, silvery, more than 14-seeded.
[FSOM]

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