Fabaceae
Listia

Listia bainesii (Baker) B.-E.van Wyk & Boatwr.

First published in Taxon 60: 171 (2011)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mozambique to S. Africa. It is a scrambling perennial and grows primarily in the subtropical 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: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

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

Morphology General Habit
Stems numerous, prostrate, radiating from a strong perennial taproot, forming a mat, 10–80 cm long, rooting at the nodes, finely pubescent, glabrescent.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 3-foliolate; terminal leaflet somewhat larger than the laterals, 5–55× 2–10 mm, narrowly elliptic-oblong to elliptic or slightly obovate, obtuse, rounded or emarginate at the tip, subglabrous to thinly appressed pubescent, glabrescent; petiole a little shorter to longer than the terminal leaflet; stipules paired, one smaller than the other, the larger 3–10 mm long, lanceolate, attenuate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescences leaf-opposed, often on short shoots, erect, mostly subumbelliform, sometimes 1–2 flowers below the others, 2–23 cm long, 6–20-flowered; bracts 2–3 mm long, linear to linear-oblanceolate; bracteoles smaller.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 3.5–4 mm long; lateral lobes broadly triangular, ± half as long as the tube, at least thinly pubescent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard yellow, often pale, a little shorter than the keel; keel 8–9 mm long, obtuse.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods becoming deflexed, 8–10 × 2 mm, narrowly oblong, slightly curved, pubescent, c. 8–10-seeded.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds c. 1 mm across, oblique-cordiform.
[FZ]

International Legume Database and Information Service

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

Uses

Use
Forage
[ILDIS]

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