Apocynaceae
Echidnopsis

Echidnopsis chrysantha Lavranos

First published in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 43: 65 (1971)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Ethiopia to N. Somalia. It is a succulent subshrub 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
N2, 4 km NNW of “Erigavo”, Lavranos 7325 (FT holo., K iso.)
Morphology General Habit
Stems erect or ascending, 8–9-angled, up to 15 cm long, 7–11 mm thick with prominent tubercles
Morphology Leaves
Leaves c. 2 mm long, persistent as whitish bristles
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Pedicel
Flowers on 2–10 mm long pedicels
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla shallowly to deeply campanulate, 9–10 mm wide, yellow, sparsely tuberculate on both surfaces, the tube 2 mm deep; lobes ± broadly triangular, ascending with recurved apices
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corona
Corona yellow, cup-shaped with a faint pentagonal outline, with slight indentations at the angles; inner lobes linear from a broadly triangular base, incumbent on the staminal column and produced above it.
[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

  • 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