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ABRUS somalensis Taub. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
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
ABRUS somalensis Taub. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1896);. type: N2, above “Mait”, Hildebrandt 1391 (?B holo., destr.).
Information
Woody climber to c. 1 m high; young stems densely pubescent with ± ferruginous subappressed hairs. Leaflets 8–16, oblong, acute to rounded and mucronate at the apex, densely appressed pilose on both surfaces, venation somewhat raised. Inflorescences short, pedunculate. Calyx 3 mm long, denticulate, pubescent with appressed ± ferruginous hairs c. 0.4 mm long. Corolla yellowish, 9–10 mm long. Pod unknown.
Range
N2 not known elsewhere.
Altitude range
400–1000 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Thulin 4266; Bally & Melville 16104.
Notes
A poorly known species, so far only collected on the escarpment between Maydh and Cerigaabo.
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
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
ABRUS somalensis Taub. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1896);. type: N2, above “Mait”, Hildebrandt 1391 (?B holo., destr.).
Information
Woody climber to c. 1 m high; young stems densely pubescent with ± ferruginous subappressed hairs. Leaflets 8–16, oblong, acute to rounded and mucronate at the apex, densely appressed pilose on both surfaces, venation somewhat raised. Inflorescences short, pedunculate. Calyx 3 mm long, denticulate, pubescent with appressed ± ferruginous hairs c. 0.4 mm long. Corolla yellowish, 9–10 mm long. Pod unknown.
Range
N2 not known elsewhere.
Altitude range
400–1000 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Thulin 4266; Bally & Melville 16104.
Notes
A poorly known species, so far only collected on the escarpment between Maydh and Cerigaabo.
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
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
ABRUS somalensis Taub. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1896);. type: N2, above “Mait”, Hildebrandt 1391 (?B holo., destr.).
Information
Woody climber to c. 1 m high; young stems densely pubescent with ± ferruginous subappressed hairs. Leaflets 8–16, oblong, acute to rounded and mucronate at the apex, densely appressed pilose on both surfaces, venation somewhat raised. Inflorescences short, pedunculate. Calyx 3 mm long, denticulate, pubescent with appressed ± ferruginous hairs c. 0.4 mm long. Corolla yellowish, 9–10 mm long. Pod unknown.
Range
N2 not known elsewhere.
Altitude range
400–1000 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Thulin 4266; Bally & Melville 16104.
Notes
A poorly known species, so far only collected on the escarpment between Maydh and Cerigaabo.
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