Fabaceae
Galega

Galega battiscombei (Baker f.) J.B.Gillett

First published in Kew Bull. 17: 84 (1963)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Kenya (Mt. Kenya). It is a perennial and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Descriptions

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: threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Leguminosae, J. B. Gillett, R. M. Polhill & B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1971

Morphology General Habit
Closely related to G. lindblomii but straggling, though with stouter stems and with erect, gland-tipped hairs on the stems, leaf-rhachis and, especially, the inflorescence-rhachis.
Morphology Leaves
Stipules broadly ovate, 6–7 mm. long, with 3–5 unequal, very acute, triangular or ovate teeth, the outermost of which is deflexed; leaf-rhachis up to 17 cm. long; leaflets 15–19, elliptic-ovate, up to 45 mm. long and 20 mm. wide, ending in a mucro 1 mm. long, sparsely pilose on the midrib beneath.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes 18–25-flowered, up to 22 cm. long, including a peduncle of 5–7 cm.; pedicels up to 3 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard 9–13 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
Ovary 4–6-ovulate; style nearly 3 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod up to 35 mm. long, 8 mm. wide and 1–2 mm. thick, curved downwards near the tip, 3–5-seeded.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds flat, elliptic, notched near one end, ± 4 mm. long by 2·5 mm. wide.
Figures
Fig. 148/10–12, p. 1053.
Habitat
Damp places in upland rain-forest; 1800–2200 m.; rainfall perhaps 1200 mm.
Distribution
not known elsewhere K4
[FTEA]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Insufficiently known
Ecology
Africa: Afromontane forest
Morphology General Habit
Annual, Not climbing, Herb
[ILDIS]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. 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 2024. 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