Dichapetalaceae
Dichapetalum

Dichapetalum rhodesicum Sprague & Hutch.

First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1908: 433 (1908)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Tropical Africa to Namibia. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

Dichapetalaceae, A. R. Torre. Flora Zambesiaca 2:1. 1963

Morphology General Habit
Shrub c. 60 cm. tall; branchlets, petioles, stipules and inflorescence densely fulvous-tomentose.
Morphology Leaves
Leaf-lamina 5–12 × 2–4·5 cm., oblong-elliptic, oblong-ovate or oblong-lanceolate, discolorous, green-brown, pubescent above, densely pale grey-green tomentose below, acute or rounded and mucronulate at the apex, rounded or subcuneate at the base; lateral nerves 5–7 pairs, conspicuous above, prominent below; petiole 3–4 mm. long; stipules 5–7 mm. long, linear-subulate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Cymes up to 3 cm. long, axillary, few-flowered; peduncles c. 1 cm. long; bracts c. 2 mm. long, linear.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 4–5 mm. long; sepals oblong-obovate, acute, reddish-tomentose outside, puberulous inside.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals c. 4 mm. long, oblong-obovate, 2-lobed, externally sparsely pilose.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
Ovary ovoid, densely villous; style c. 2 mm. long, glabrous, shortly lobed.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit (unripe) ovoid-globose, densely tomentose.
[FZ]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0