Fabaceae
Melolobium

Melolobium microphyllum (L.f.) Eckl. & Zeyh.

First published in Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral.: 189 (1836)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Africa. It is a subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Botswana, Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Namibia, Northern Provinces

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Musselman, L.J. (2011). Checklist of Plants of Lebanon and Syria http://ww2.odu.edu/~lmusselm/plant/lebsyria/Checklist%20of%20Lebanon%20Plants.pdf.
  • Pope, G.V., Polhill, R.N. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2003). Flora Zambesiaca 3(7): 1-274. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Pope, G.V., Polhill, R.N. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2003). Flora Zambesiaca 3(7): 1-274. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2001 Story, R. [1317] South Africa K000511634 No
Jan 1, 2001 Guillarmod, A.J. [420] Lesotho K000511643 No
Jan 1, 2001 Burtt-Davy, J. [17343] South Africa K000412992 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2001 Galpin, E.E. [11510] South Africa K000511639 No
Jan 1, 2001 Scheepers, J.C. [1836] South Africa K000511653 No
Jan 1, 2001 Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [18084] South Africa K000511650 No
Jan 1, 2001 Galpin, E.E. [14043] Lesotho K000511642 No
Jan 1, 2001 Cooper, T. [703] Lesotho K000412885 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2001 Long, F.R. [464] South Africa K000511641 No
Jan 1, 2001 Long, F.R. [1180] South Africa K000511640 No
Jan 1, 2001 Burchell [2776] South Africa K000412991 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2001 Drege [s.n.] South Africa K000412985 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 2001 Goossens, A.P. [776] South Africa K000511652 No
Jan 1, 2001 Phillipson, P.B. [588] South Africa K000511637 No
Jan 1, 2001 Goossens, A.P. [776] South Africa K000511651 No
Jan 1, 2001 Williamson, C. [768] Lesotho K000511644 No
Jan 1, 2001 Rehmann, A. [3816] South Africa K000412989 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 2001 Rehmann, A. [6902] South Africa K000412988 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 2001 Seydel, R. [4426] Namibia K000511647 No
Jan 1, 2001 Winter, B., de [2601] Namibia K000511646 No
Jan 1, 2001 Seydel, R. [3681] Namibia K000511648 No
Jan 1, 2001 Bayliss, R.D.A. [5757] South Africa K000511654 No
Jan 1, 2001 Acocks, J.P.H. [15860] South Africa K000511636 No
Jan 1, 2001 Comins, D.M. [696] South Africa K000511635 No
Jan 1, 2001 Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.D. [13130] South Africa K000511638 No
Jan 1, 2001 Drege [s.n.] South Africa K000412984 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 2001 Sutton, B. [1200] South Africa K000511649 No
Galpin, E.E. [1666] South Africa K000412990 Unknown Type Material Yes
[Kolberg, H.H.; Tholkes, T.] Namibia K001891316 No
Seydel, R. [3974] Namibia K000511645 No
Zeyher [391] South Africa K000412987 Unknown Type Material Yes
Burke [s.n.] South Africa K000412986 Unknown Type Material Yes
Baur, R. [844] South Africa K000412983 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 2001 Drege [s.n.] South Africa Melolobium canescens K000412893 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 2001 Burke [s.n.] South Africa Melolobium canescens K000412892 Unknown Type Material Yes
Story, R. [4573] South Africa Melolobium canescens K003836037 No

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/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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