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Rhynchosia elegans

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Name

Identification
Rhynchosia elegans A.Rich. [family LEGUMINOSAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Verdcourt,B., Glycine elegans Hochst. [family LEGUMINOSAE ]
Related name
  • Rhynchosia elegans
  • Rhynchosia buramensis
  • Glycine elegans
  • Rhynchosia pubescens
  • Dolichos reticulatus

Flora

Entry for RHYNCHOSIA elegans A. Rich. [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
RHYNCHOSIA elegans A. Rich. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1847).
Dolichos reticulatus A. Rich. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1847).
RHYNCHOSIA buramensis Hutch. & E. A. Bruce [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1941);. type: N1, “Burama”, Gillett 4850 (K holo.).
Information
Perennial climbing herb; stems appressed pubescent to glabrescent. Leaflets 3, ovate or rhomboid, 2–8 x 1–6.5 cm, acute to acuminate, pubescent or glabrescent above, pubescent to velvety beneath. Inflorescence lax; rhachis glandular hairy, 3–14 cm long; pedicels 4–19 mm long. Calyx pubescent; tube 3–4 mm long; lobes mostly linear, 5.5–17 mm long. Standard yellow with purplish veining, 13–21 mm long, glabrous. Pod yellowish-green when young with distinctive darker green reticulation, later brown, 20–38 x 6–8 mm, densely covered with viscid glandular hairs and also with shorter hairs and gland-dots.
Range
N1, 2
Altitude range
1250–1710 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Hemming & Watson 3260; Bally 9929; Gillett 4115.
Distribution (external)
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Uganda
Kenya
Tanzania
Dem. Rep. Congo
Yemen
Notes
The Somali material is var. elegans. Var. grandistipulata Verdc., with larger stipules, is known from SW Ethiopia and N Uganda.

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