Nyctaginaceae
Commicarpus

Commicarpus hiranensis Thulin

First published in Nordic J. Bot. 10: 403 (1990)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Ethiopia to Central Somalia. It is a scrambling subshrub or shrub 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

Type
C2, c. 3°57’N, 45°36’E, Thulin & Warfa 5331 (UPS holo., K MOG iso.)
Morphology General Habit
Scandent shrublet or subshrub to 2 m tall; stems glabrous or almost so
Morphology Leaves
Leaf-blade broadly ovate to suborbicular, 2–6 x 1.5–5 cm, shortly acuminate to obtuse at the apex, broadly cuneate to rounded at the base, puberulous on both sides, subentire to shallowly sinuate-dentate; petiole 1–4 cm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Flowers in (1–)2(–3) crowded whorls, distance between whorls shorter than to slightly longer than the pedicels; pedicels up to 15 mm long in fruit
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Perianth
Perianth-limb pink or red, c. 4 mm long, funnel-shaped, glabrous
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens (1–)2
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Anthocarp narrowly cylindrical-clavate, c. 7.2–8 x 1.6–2.4 mm, tapering at the apex, with 1–3 whorls of large dark sessile glands in the apical part and also with smaller scattered glands along the ribs.
Distribution
C1, 2; E Ethiopia
Ecology
Altitude range 150–420 m.
Vernacular
Afkudufan (Somali).
[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: threatened. Confidence: confident
[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

  • 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 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