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Identification
Microcharis karinensis (Thulin) Schrire [family LEGUMINOSAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Data not digitized, Isotype of Indigofera karinensis Thulin [family LEGUMINOSAE ] Verified by Data not digitized,
Related name
  • Indigofera karinensis
  • Microcharis karinensis

Flora

Entry for MICROCHARIS karinensis (Thulin) Schrire [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin (Acacia by M. Thulin, A. S. Hassan & B. T. Styles) [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
MICROCHARIS karinensis (Thulin) Schrire [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1992);. type: N3, 15 km on El Gal – Qandala road, togga Karin, Thulin & Warfa 6003 (UPS holo., K MOG iso.).
Indigofera karinensis Thulin [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1989);. type: N3, 15 km on El Gal – Qandala road, togga Karin, Thulin & Warfa 6003 (UPS holo., K MOG iso.).
Information
Cushion-forming shrublet to 30 cm high; stems covered by hairs with spreading tips. Leaves digitately 3-foliolate; leaflets linear to oblanceolate, the terminal 5–12 x 1–2.5 mm, pubescent on both sides; petiole 1.5–10 mm long. Stipules 1–2 mm long. Racemes lax, c. 3–8-flowered, axis up to 7.5 cm long including peduncle of up to 1 cm. Calyx c. 2.5 mm long, divided to near the middle. Stamens c. 3–3.2 mm long. Pod spirally coiled, somewhat torulose, c. 15–30 x 1.6 mm, densely pubescent with spreading hairs, c. 5–10-seeded.
Range
N3 not known elsewhere.
Altitude range
300–450 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Thulin & al. 10469, 10476.

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