Neuradaceae
Neuradopsis

Neuradopsis bechuanensis Bremek. & Oberm.

First published in Ann. Transvaal Mus. 16: 416 (1935)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Botswana to N. Cape Prov. It is an annual and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland 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: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Rosaceae, E. J. Mendes. Flora Zambesiaca 4. 1978

Morphology General Habit
Annual herb with numerous prostrate or decumbent branches which are densely branched, up to 40 cm. long, usually becoming somewhat woody.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves (0·8)3·5 x (0·5)1·5 cm.; lamina narrowly obovate or ovate in outline with cuneate base, to broadly ovate with rounded base; margins irregularly crenate or serrate to pinnately lobed; petiole 0·6–1·0(2·0) cm. long, lanate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers showy; peduncles (3)5–8(14) mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx c. 10 mm. long, cinnamomeous-lanate; calyx-tube cyathiform, c. 2 x 3·5–4 mm., prolonged into a terete false tube 3–5 mm. long as in N. austroafricana; calyx-lobes narrowly oblong, ending in a triangular point c. 4 x 1·3 mm.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals c. 21 x 11 mm., obovate, unguiculate, lemon-yellow.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens dimorphous; the 5 oppositipetalous ones c. 5 mm. long, the alterni-petalous ones up to 12 mm.; filaments glabrous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Style
Styles hairy, of 2 sizes in each flower, c. 5 or c. 7 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit c. 10 mm. in diameter, discoid, slightly depressed, crowned by the persistent styles and marcescent calyx-segments; upper part bearing 2 series of stout, usually straight prickles; inner series comprising 10 erect prickles 6–8 mm. long; outer series comprising 5 prickles c. 5 mm. long; lower part of fruit produced laterally into a circular wing 1–2 mm. wide, the margin bearing spines (in 10 groups of 3) 2–3 mm. long, which are extensions of the nerves of the wing.
[FZ]

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

    • '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 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