Acanthaceae
Megalochlamys

Megalochlamys linifolia (Lindau) Lindau

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 346 (1899)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Ethiopia to NE. Kenya, Yemen. It is a subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Descriptions

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Morphology General Habit
Shrublet, up to 1 m tall, erect or scrambling; young branches usually glabrous or with lines of hairs running down from the nodes
Morphology Leaves
Leaf-blades linear to lanceolate or rarely narrowly ovate, up to 1–2.5 x 0.1–0.5 cm, obtuse and apiculate at the apex, cuneate at the base, glabrous to puberulous, with revolute margins; petiole 0–1.5 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Spikes with (1–)2–3 pairs of flowers; peduncle 1–2 mm long; axis c. 1 mm long; lower pair of bracts completely covering spike, suborbicular, 0.8–1.5 x 1–2 cm, rounded at the apex and with a short mucro, cordate at the base, glabrous to sparsely puberulous
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 2.5–4 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla blue; tube c. 10 mm long; lobes 3.5–5 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Capsule 6–8 mm long, 1-seeded
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds covered by glandular-glochidiate hairs.
Distribution
N1–3; C1, 2; S2; E Ethiopia, NE Kenya, Yemen
Ecology
Altitude range 75–1100 m.
Vernacular
Buskulle, jambey (Somali).
[FSOM]

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 of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • 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/
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  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

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