Malvaceae
Hermannia

Hermannia testacea Vollesen

First published in Kew Bull. 40: 643 (1985)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ethiopia to S. Somalia, S. Arabian Peninsula. It is an annual 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
Annual herb up to 30 cm tall or more; stems pubescent with simple, glandular and stellate hairs
Morphology Leaves
Leaves with 1–5 mm long petiole; stipules up to 3 mm long, linear-lanceolate; blade linear to lanceolate, 10–42 x 1–8 mm, acute at the apex, with serrate margins
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Flowers solitary in leaf-axils; peduncle 15–40 mm long; pedicel 1–4 mm long; bracteoles broadly elliptic to orbicular, up to 0.5 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 3–4 mm long, sparsely pubescent
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals 4–5 mm long, brick-red
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens with filaments c. 1.5 mm long and anthers c. 1.5 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Style
Styles c. 1 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Capsule 4–6 mm long, ellipsoid to subglobose, sparsely pubescent and with c. 1 mm long horns at the apex
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds c. 1.5 mm long, transversely wrinkled and densely granular.
Distribution
S1; Ethiopia, Oman
Ecology
Altitude c. 360 m.
Note
First record for Somalia (51 km on the road between Qansaxdheere and Baardheere).
[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: low confidence
[AERP]

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