Fabaceae
Dichilus

Dichilus lebeckioides DC.

First published in Mém. Légum.: 202 (1826)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Zimbabwe to S. Africa. It is a subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Descriptions

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Herb/Shrub
[ILDIS]

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: confident
[AERP]

Leguminosae, various authors. Flora Zambesiaca 3:7. 2003

Morphology General Habit
Habit as D. reflexus.
Morphology Leaves Leaflets
Leaflets 6–16 × 2–3 mm, narrowly oblanceolate, pointed to shortly rounded and minutely apiculate, appressed pubescent beneath; stipules minute and inconspicuous but generally present.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes leaf-opposed on short lateral branches, up to 1 cm long, 1–2(4)-flowered.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers similar to D. reflexus, but calyx sometimes a little longer, 5–8 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods 30–45 × 3–4 mm, pubescent along the sutures or more generally, (3)6–8(9)-seeded.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds 2.5–3 mm long, round to oblong in lateral view, brown, often mottled black.
[FZ]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 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 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