Dorycnopsis

Dorycnopsis abyssinica (A.Rich.) V.N.Tikhom. & D.D.Sokoloff

First published in Feddes Repert. 108: 342 (1997)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is NE. Tropical Africa, Yemen. It is a subshrub or perennial and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Descriptions

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

Morphology General Habit
Stems usually numerous, ± procumbent, up to 40 cm long, pubescent
Morphology Leaves Leaflets
Leaflets 5–9, oblanceolate, up to 12 x 4 mm, pubescent
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Heads 4–6-flowered, short-pedunculate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla yellowish-red, about twice as long as calyx
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod c. 4 mm across, falcate, the point nearly or quite brought round to the base, transversely veined.
Distribution
N2; Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Yemen
Ecology
Altitude c. 2000 m.
[FSOM]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Afromontane grassland, Afromontane(upland) bushland and thicket.
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Herb
[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: not 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