FAGONIA paulayana Wagner & Vierh. [family ZYGOPHYLLACEAE]

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
FAGONIA paulayana Wagner & Vierh. [family ZYGOPHYLLACEAE], (1904).
?FAGONIA arabica Franch. forma glabrescens [family ], Sert. Somal.: 22 (1882);. type: N Somalia, Révoil s.n. (P holo., not seen).
FAGONIA indica Hadidi var. schweinfurthii [family ZYGOPHYLLACEAE], in Fl. Iran. 98: 6 (1972);
FAGONIA schweinfurthii (Hadidi) Hadidi [family ZYGOPHYLLACEAE], (1973). [type as above]
Information
Herb or subshrub to c. 40 cm tall, erect or ascending, glabrous or ± glandular; stem striate. Leaves 1-foliolate or lower ones 3-foliolate; blade linear to narrowly elliptic, 10–40 x 1.5–5 mm, apiculate; petiole if present up to c. 6 mm long; stipules spinescent, 5–20 mm long. Pedicel 4–10 mm long. Sepals lanceolate to narrowly ovate, 2.5–4 mm long, apiculate, soon falling. Petals pink, 5–6 mm long, obtuse. Style c. 2 mm long. Fruit 4–5 mm long. Seeds 2.5–3 mm long.
Range
N1–3; C1, 2; S1 Djibouti, Socotra, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, S Arabia and eastwards to Pakistan.
Altitude range
0–1300 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Thulin & Abdi Dahir 6504; Gillett & Watson 23579; Beckett 1071.
Notes
Awan ad, goroyo kaxaaris (Som.). Lavranos & Carter & al. 24574 from a gypsum outcrop at 7°04’N, 47°29’E has glabrous ovaries and fruits, and white petals. It probably represents an undescribed species.
FAGONIA paulayana Wagner & Vierh. [family ZYGOPHYLLACEAE]
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