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Ophrestia breviracemosa Verdc. [family LEGUMINOSAE]
Date Updated: 26 July 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 3, Part 5, (2001) Author: B. Mackinder, R. Pasquet, R. Polhill and B. Verdcourt
Names
Ophrestia breviracemosa Verdc. [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Kew Bull. 52: 495, fig. 1 (1997). TAB. 3.5.5. Type: Zambia, near Mwinilunga, north of junction of roads to Matonchi and Kabompo, Drummond & Williamson 9307 (K, holotype).
Information
Subshrubby herb from a woody rootstock. Stems c. 4, prostrate, up to 40 cm long, appressed grey pubescent; previous burnt off stems also present. Leaves 1-foliolate; leaflet 3.5–6 × 0.8–2.5 cm, oblanceolate-oblong to oblong-elliptic, acute to rounded at the apex, mucronulate, rounded at the base, pubescent; petiole c. 5 mm long; stipules 7 mm long, subulate, uninerved. Inflorescences axillary, 0.8–2 cm long (including 5 mm long peduncle), 4–8-flowered, pubescent; bracts 2 mm long, subulate; bracteoles 1.2 mm long, linear; pedicels 1–1.5 mm long. Calyx pubescent; tube 2 mm long; lobes 1.7 mm long, ovate, the upper pair united for three-quarters their length. Standard colour unknown, 7.5 × 2.3 mm, oblong-panduriform, slightly emarginate at the apex, pubescent outside; claw 1.8 mm long; wings 6.7 × 1.4 mm with distinct spur. Ovary 2-ovulate. Fruits not known.
Habitat
Uapaca woodland
Range
Not known elsewhere
Altitude range
1500 m.
1500
1500
Distribution
Zambia W near Mwinilunga, north of junction of roads to Matonchi and Kabompo, fl. 24.x.1969, Drummond & Williamson 9307 (K).
Date Updated: 26 July 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 3, Part 5, (2001) Author: B. Mackinder, R. Pasquet, R. Polhill and B. Verdcourt
Names
Ophrestia breviracemosa Verdc. [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Kew Bull. 52: 495, fig. 1 (1997). TAB. 3.5.5. Type: Zambia, near Mwinilunga, north of junction of roads to Matonchi and Kabompo, Drummond & Williamson 9307 (K, holotype).
Information
Subshrubby herb from a woody rootstock. Stems c. 4, prostrate, up to 40 cm long, appressed grey pubescent; previous burnt off stems also present. Leaves 1-foliolate; leaflet 3.5–6 × 0.8–2.5 cm, oblanceolate-oblong to oblong-elliptic, acute to rounded at the apex, mucronulate, rounded at the base, pubescent; petiole c. 5 mm long; stipules 7 mm long, subulate, uninerved. Inflorescences axillary, 0.8–2 cm long (including 5 mm long peduncle), 4–8-flowered, pubescent; bracts 2 mm long, subulate; bracteoles 1.2 mm long, linear; pedicels 1–1.5 mm long. Calyx pubescent; tube 2 mm long; lobes 1.7 mm long, ovate, the upper pair united for three-quarters their length. Standard colour unknown, 7.5 × 2.3 mm, oblong-panduriform, slightly emarginate at the apex, pubescent outside; claw 1.8 mm long; wings 6.7 × 1.4 mm with distinct spur. Ovary 2-ovulate. Fruits not known.
Habitat
Uapaca woodland
Range
Not known elsewhere
Altitude range
1500 m.
1500
1500
Distribution
Zambia W near Mwinilunga, north of junction of roads to Matonchi and Kabompo, fl. 24.x.1969, Drummond & Williamson 9307 (K).
Date Updated: 26 July 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 3, Part 5, (2001) Author: B. Mackinder, R. Pasquet, R. Polhill and B. Verdcourt
Names
Ophrestia breviracemosa Verdc. [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Kew Bull. 52: 495, fig. 1 (1997). TAB. 3.5.5. Type: Zambia, near Mwinilunga, north of junction of roads to Matonchi and Kabompo, Drummond & Williamson 9307 (K, holotype).
Information
Subshrubby herb from a woody rootstock. Stems c. 4, prostrate, up to 40 cm long, appressed grey pubescent; previous burnt off stems also present. Leaves 1-foliolate; leaflet 3.5–6 × 0.8–2.5 cm, oblanceolate-oblong to oblong-elliptic, acute to rounded at the apex, mucronulate, rounded at the base, pubescent; petiole c. 5 mm long; stipules 7 mm long, subulate, uninerved. Inflorescences axillary, 0.8–2 cm long (including 5 mm long peduncle), 4–8-flowered, pubescent; bracts 2 mm long, subulate; bracteoles 1.2 mm long, linear; pedicels 1–1.5 mm long. Calyx pubescent; tube 2 mm long; lobes 1.7 mm long, ovate, the upper pair united for three-quarters their length. Standard colour unknown, 7.5 × 2.3 mm, oblong-panduriform, slightly emarginate at the apex, pubescent outside; claw 1.8 mm long; wings 6.7 × 1.4 mm with distinct spur. Ovary 2-ovulate. Fruits not known.
Habitat
Uapaca woodland
Range
Not known elsewhere
Altitude range
1500 m.
1500
1500
Distribution
Zambia W near Mwinilunga, north of junction of roads to Matonchi and Kabompo, fl. 24.x.1969, Drummond & Williamson 9307 (K).
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