Compilation
Leobordea abyssinica

14 Images see all

Previous
Next

Name

Identification
Isotype of Leobordea abyssinica Hochst. ex A.Rich. [family FABACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Lotononis platycarpos (Viv.)Pic.Serm. [family FABACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Leobordea abyssinica
  • Lebordea abyssinica
  • Lotononis platycarpos
  • Lotononis leobordea
  • Lotononis platycarpa

Flora

Entry for LOTONONIS Leobordea Benth. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 2, page 1, (1871) Author: Papilionaceae by Mr. J. G. Baker; Caesalpinieae and Mimoseae by Prof. Oliver)
Names
LOTONONIS Leobordea Benth. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in Lond. Journ. Bot. 2, 607. Harv. Fl. Cap. ii. 61;
LOTONONIS platycarpos Viv. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Pl. Ægypt. dec. 4, 14;
Leobordea lotoides Delile [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Frag. Pl. Arab. 23, fig. 1;
Leobordea persica Spach. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Ann. Sc. Nat. xix. 235;
Leobordea sphærosperma Spach. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Ann. Sc. Nat. xix. 235;
Xerocarpus abyssinicus Schweinf. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Fl. Æthiop. 21;
Leobordea abyssinica Hochst. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in Hb. Schimp. Abyss.
Information
Stems under six inches long, procumbent, copiously and diffusely branched, herbaceous, clothed like the rest of the plant with yellowish silky pubescence. Stipules lanceolate, 1/8 in. Petiole 1/8– 1/4 in. Leaflets 3, sessile, linear or oblanceolate, about 1/2 in. long, 1/8 in. broad, apex slightly rounded mucronate. Flowers in sessile clusters of 2–5 each in the axils of the leaves. Calyx 2–2 1/2 lines long, between tubular and campanulate, the upper teeth lanceolate-acuminate, reaching about half way down, the lowest setaceous. Corolla pale yellow, the keel about equalling the calyx. Pod linear-oblong, turgid, about equalling the calyx.
Range
A desert species, extending to Egypt, Persia, Beloochistan, and the Cape.
Distribution
Abyssinia Nile Land Schimper!

Related Materials