DORYCNOPSIS abyssinica (A. Rich.) V.N. Tikhom. & D.D. Sokoloff [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
DORYCNOPSIS abyssinica (A. Rich.) V.N. Tikhom. & D.D. Sokoloff [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1997);
Vermifrux abyssinica (A. Rich.) Gillett [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1966);. [type as above]
Helmintocarpon abyssinicum A. Rich. [family ], (1847). Fig. 245. [type as above]
Information
Stems usually numerous, ± procumbent, up to 40 cm long, pubescent. Leaflets 5–9, oblanceolate, up to 12 x 4 mm, pubescent. Heads 4–6-flowered, short-pedunculate. Corolla yellowish-red, about twice as long as calyx. Pod c. 4 mm across, falcate, the point nearly or quite brought round to the base, transversely veined.
Range
N2
Altitude range
c. 2000 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Bally & Melville 15990.
Distribution (external)
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Sudan
Yemen
DORYCNOPSIS abyssinica (A. Rich.) V.N. Tikhom. & D.D. Sokoloff [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
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