Rhamnaceae
Ziziphus

Ziziphus zeyheriana Sond.

First published in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 1: 476 (1860)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Zimbabwe to S. Africa. It is a subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Descriptions

Rhamnaceae, R. B. Drummond. Flora Zambesiaca 2:2. 1966

Morphology General Habit
Shrublet up to 60 cm. tall; stems annual from a creeping rhizome; branchlets pubescent.
Morphology Leaves
Leaf-lamina ovate to broadly ovate, 2–5 × 1–4 cm., apex acute, rounded, truncate, retuse, or mucronate, margin serrulate, base cuneate, rounded, or subcordate, asymmetric to subequal, 3-nerved from base to near apex, tertiary venation reticulate, glabrous or glabrescent above, pubescent below; petiole 1–9 mm. long, pubescent; stipules spinescent, one hooked and one straight at each node or both hooked.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Cymes pubescent, few-flowered; peduncle up to 5 mm. long; pedicels up to 5 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Sepals 2 mm. long, deltate, pubescent outside.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals 2 mm. long, cucullate, unguiculate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens with filaments up to 2 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Disc
Disk 2·5 mm. in diam., obscurely 5-lobed.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
Ovary immersed in the disk, 2-locular; style 2-fid, up to 2 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruits up to 7 mm. in diam., globose, 2-seeded.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds up to 5 × 5 mm., compressed.
[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
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  • 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/

  • 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