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Paracalyx microphyllus

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Name

Identification
Paracalyx microphyllus (Chiov.) Ali [family LEGUMINOSAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Data not digitized, Cylista microphylla Chiov. [family LEGUMINOSAE ] Verified by Data not digitized,
Related name
  • Cylista microphylla
  • Paracalyx microphyllus

Flora

Entry for PARACALYX microphyllus (Chiov.) Ali [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
PARACALYX microphyllus (Chiov.) Ali [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1968);. type: N3, between “Dhur” and “Hossa Uein”, Stefanini & Puccioni 690 (FT holo.).
Cylista microphylla Chiov. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1929);. type: N3, between “Dhur” and “Hossa Uein”, Stefanini & Puccioni 690 (FT holo.).
Information
Stems trailing, to c. 1 m long, densely ± appressed pubescent. Leaflets broadly ovate or obovate, up to 20 x 18 mm but often much smaller, ± obtuse, shortly pubescent on both sides. Bracts ovate-acuminate, c. 4 x 2 mm, soon falling. Calyx up to 18 mm long, shortly pubescent and gland-dotted, lowest lobe almost twice as long as the upper. Standard yellowish, c. 13 mm long, pubescent. Pod c. 8 x 4 mm, with glands and dense pubescence.
Range
N3; C1 not known elsewhere.
Altitude range
up to c. 200 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Thulin & Abdi Dahir 6703; Wieland 4473.
Notes
This species was placed in a separate subgenus by Chiovenda (1929), on account of its ciliate anthers. However, ciliate anthers are found also in P. nogalensis and perhaps in other species as well.

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