Fabaceae
Coronilla

Coronilla somalensis Thulin

First published in Nordic J. Bot. 8: 485 (1989)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is N. Somalia. 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: threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

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

Type
N2, “Surud Range”, N of “Erigavo”, Gillett & Watson 23837 (K holo., MOG iso.).
Morphology General Habit
Annual herb, glabrous except for scattered minute club-shaped hairs on young branches, leaf-rhachides and peduncles; stems decumbent, up to 25 cm long
Morphology Leaves
Leaves imparipinnate, 5–11-foliolate; leaflets obovate-oblong, 4–11 x 2.5–8 mm
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Umbels 1–2-flowered, pedunculate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx c. 1.4–1.6 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla yellow, 5–7 mm long, claw of standard scarcely exserted from the calyx
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruits held erect, becoming ± straight except for the downcurved beak, ± 5-angled, linear, c. 40–50 x 1.5 mm, with c. 7 segments.
Distribution
N2, 3 not known elsewhere.
Ecology
Altitude range 1150–2050 m.
[FSOM]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Insufficiently known
Morphology General Habit
Annual, Not climbing, Herb
[ILDIS]

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

  • 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/

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • 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