Sapindaceae
Deinbollia

Deinbollia fanshawei Exell

First published in Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 38: 112 (1964)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Zambia. It is a subshrub 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]

Sapindaceae, A. W. Exell. Flora Zambesiaca 2:2. 1966

Morphology General Habit
Shrublet up to 30 cm. in height; branchlets densely appressed-pubescent to tomentose, glabrescent.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves up to 15 cm. long; petiole up to 5 cm. long, nearly glabrous, narrowly winged; leaflets 2–4-jugate, sessile or subsessile; rhachis with wings up to 2 mm. broad; leaflet-lamina up to 9 × 2·5 cm., oblong-elliptic to narrowly oblong-elliptic, chartaceous to subcoriaceous, nearly glabrous, apex blunt to acute and often mucronate, margin entire, base cuneate; lateral nerves 9–11 pairs, rather prominent below.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence 2–4 cm. long, terminal or leaf-opposed; rhachis tomentose.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers white; pedicels 1·5 mm. long, glabrous; flower-buds nearly glabrous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Sepals 5, 4·5 × 4 mm., subcircular, minutely ciliate, otherwise glabrous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals 5, 4·5 × 3 mm., rhombic, pilose on the margin.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium
Stamens with filaments c. 2·5 mm. long (perhaps immature), pilose.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
Ovary (in an apparently hermaphrodite flower) 3-lobed, one lobe containing an apparently well-developed ovule, glabrous; pistillode 3-lobed in male flowers.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit with 1–2 cocci developing; cocci c. 10 mm. in diam., subglobose, glabrous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Ripe seed not seen.
[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/

  • 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