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Rhynchosia flavissima

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Isolectotype of Rhynchosia flavissima Hochst. ex Baker [family FABACEAE]
Type of Rhynchosia flavissima Hochst. ex Baker [family FABACEAE]
Filed as Rhynchosia malacophylla (Spreng.) Boj. [family FABACEAE]
Isotype of Rhynchosia flavissima Hochst. ex Baker [family LEGUMINOSAE]
Isolectotype of Rhynchosia flavissima Hochst. ex Baker [family FABACEAE]
Type of Rhynchosia flavissima Baker [family FABACEAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Type of Rhynchosia flavissima Hochst. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Type of Rhynchosia flavissima Hochst. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Type of Rhynchosia flavissima Baker [family FABACEAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Syntype of Rhynchosia flavissima Hochst. ex Baker [family FABACEAE]
Holotype of Rhynchosia flavissima Hochst. ex Baker var. macrocalyx Chiov. [family LEGUMINOSAE]
Rhynchosia malacophylla (Spreng.) Bojer [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
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Identification
Isotype of Rhynchosia flavissima Hochst. ex Baker [family LEGUMINOSAE ] Rhynchosia malacophylla (Spreng.) Bojer [family LEGUMINOSAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Rhynchosia sennaarensis
  • Rhynchosia malacophylla
  • Rhynchosia senaarensis
  • Rhynchosia flavissima
  • Rhynchosia minima

Flora

Entry for RHYNCHOSIA malacophylla (Spreng.) Boj. [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 malacophylla (Spreng.) Boj. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1837).
RHYNCHOSIA sennaarensis Hochst. ex Schweinf. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1868).
RHYNCHOSIA sennaarensis Schweinf. var. flavissima [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 18: 656 (1868).
RHYNCHOSIA flavissima Hochst. ex Bak. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1871).
Information
Perennial trailing or climbing herb from a woody base; stems glabrous or pubescent. Leaflets 3, ovate to rhomboid, 1–5 x 1–5 cm, mostly acuminate at the apex, finely puberulous on both surfaces, often with silky margins; stipules narrow. Flowers on a rhachis 4–16 cm long. Calyx pubescent; tube 1.5–3 mm long; lobes 2–5 mm long. Standard mostly plain yellow but sometimes purplish veined, 9–17 mm long, pubescent and gland-dotted. Pod 15–20 x 4.5–5.5 mm, finely to densely puberulous and gland-dotted.
Range
N1; S1–3
Altitude range
up to c. 1600 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Gillett 4942; Douthwaite 16; Ciferri 150.
Distribution (external)
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Sudan
N Uganda
Kenya
Tanzania
Yemen

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