Fabaceae
Ophrestia

Ophrestia breviracemosa Verdc.

First published in Kew Bull. 52: 495 (1997)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Zambia. It grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

Leguminosae, B. Mackinder, R. Pasquet, R. Polhill and B. Verdcourt. Flora Zambesiaca 3:5. 2001

Morphology General Habit
Subshrubby herb from a woody rootstock.
Morphology Stem
Stems c. 4, prostrate, up to 40 cm long, appressed grey pubescent; previous burnt off stems also present.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 1-foliolate; leaflet 3.5–6 × 0.8–2.5 cm, oblanceolate-oblong to oblong-elliptic, acute to rounded at the apex, mucronulate, rounded at the base, pubescent; petiole c. 5 mm long; stipules 7 mm long, subulate, uninerved.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescences axillary, 0.8–2 cm long (including 5 mm long peduncle), 4–8-flowered, pubescent; bracts 2 mm long, subulate; bracteoles 1.2 mm long, linear; pedicels 1–1.5 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx pubescent; tube 2 mm long; lobes 1.7 mm long, ovate, the upper pair united for three-quarters their length.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard colour unknown, 7.5 × 2.3 mm, oblong-panduriform, slightly emarginate at the apex, pubescent outside; claw 1.8 mm long; wings 6.7 × 1.4 mm with distinct spur.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
Ovary 2-ovulate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruits not known.
[FZ]

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
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  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 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