Aizoaceae
Tribulocarpus

Tribulocarpus retusus (Thulin) Thulin & Liede

First published in Taxon 61: 63 (2012)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Somalia. It is a succulent subshrub 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: threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

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

Note
Only known from type.
Morphology General Habit
Shrublet, up to 0.5 m tall; young branches, leaves and perianth minutely papillose
Morphology Leaves
Leaves oblanceolate, up to 17 x 4 mm, tapering below into a petiole-like base, retuse or sometimes rounded at the apex
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers solitary, terminal, becoming leaf-opposed, 5-merous
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Perianth
Perianth with an upper, soon deciduous part and a lower winged part enclosing the ovary; upper part c. 8 mm long, with 5 segments united for about half their lengths into a basal tube
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens numerous
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Style
Style 1, with 2 linear lobes
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit suborbicular in outline, 20–25 mm long and wide, with 5 papery wings up to c. 10 mm wide.
[FSOM]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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