Xylopia torrei N.Robson

First published in Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 32: 157 (1958)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Mozambique. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical 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]

Annonaceae, N. K. B. Robson. Flora Zambesiaca 1:1. 1960

Note
Closely related to X. holtzii, but differs in the following characters:
Morphology General Habit
Shrub, up to 2 m. high.
Morphology Branches
Branches red-brown, turning greyish, eventually glabrous.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves with lamina 2–4 x 1.2–1.9 cm., elliptic or oblong to suborbicular, obtuse or rounded to shallowly emarginate at the apex, cuneate to rounded at the base; petiole 2 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers solitary or more rarely paired, spreading or reflexed; pedicels 4–5 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals (outer) 1–1.5 cm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Carpels
Carpels 4–7.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruits on pedicel c. 8 mm. long; fruiting carpels c. 4–5, 0.7 x 0.5 cm. (immature), 1-seeded, subglobular, with stipes 1–2 mm. long.
[FZ]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/120942223/120980163

Conservation
EN - endangered
[IUCN]

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/
  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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