PLANTAE / PHANEROGAMAE / ANTHOPHYTA / FABALES / FABACEAE / PAPILIONOIDEAE / GENISTEAE / MELOLOBIUM / SUBSPICATUM
Virgate suffrutex, 0.3-0.6 m high. Leaves without stipules, leaflets linear to oblanceolate, 12-18 x -2 mm, sparsely hairy, apex emarginate; petiole 5-6 mm long. Inflorescence terminal, (40-)85-130(-150) mm long, with (8-)10-15(-26) flowers; flowers 5-6 mm long; bracts ovate, 2.0-2.5 x ±0.5 mm; bracteoles narrowly ovate, 1.5-2 x 0.2-0.5 mm. Calyx shortly bilabiate, with sessile glands, hairy; upper lobes acute, upper lip 3-4 mm long, the apices obtuse; upper sinus 0.5-2.0 mm deep; lateral sinus 1-3 mm deep; lower lobes acute; lower lip 4-5 mm long, the tips obtuse; lower sinuses 0.5-1.0 mm deep. Corolla yellow; standard ovate-oblong, 4-6 x 2-3 mm, with a well-developed, channelled claw 1-2 mm long; wing petals oblong, sculptured, 3-4 x 1-2 mm, with a linear claw 1-2 mm long; keel petals incurved, with a blunt tip, shorter than the wing petals, 3-4 x 1-2 mm, with a linear claw 1-2 mm long. Gynoecium narrowly oblong, glandular, hairy. Fruit oblong lanceolate, straight, (10-)15-20 x 2-3 mm, hairy, 2-4-seeded; seeds round, 1.6-2.6 x 1.6-2.3 mm, olive to pale yellow mottled brown. From: Moteetee, AN; Van Wyk, B-E. 2006. A revision of the genus Melolobium (Genisteae, Fabacaeae). S. African J. Bot. 72: 51-98. [doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2005.05.004] [Copyright held by the South African Association of Botanists (2006); http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/02546299] [CC BY]
Caules lignescentes, ad 35 cm. longi, virgato-ramosi, adpresse pubescentes, deinde glabrati. Folia sparsa, parce pubescentia; foliola linearia, ad 20 mm. longa, 1-2 mm. lata, intermedium quam lateralia longius, integra, obtusa; petiolus 5-6 mm. longus. Racemi terminales, laxi, ad 10 cm. longi; pedicelli vix ulli, basi bracteati, apice bibracteolati. Calyx tubulosus, bilabiatus, 5 mm. longus; labium superum brevius, 2-dentatum, inferum 3-dentatum dentibus elongato-triangularibus obtusiusculis. Corolla e calyce breviter exserta; vexillum unguiculatum,exauriculatum, late ellipticum, obtusum, luteum, interdum roseo-suffusum; alae vexillum aequantes, sursum curvatae, oblique ovato-oblongae, tenuiter unguiculatae, obtusae; carinae petala apice cohaerentia, late oblique ovata, rotundato-auriculata, obtusa, quam alae breviora. Antherae alternae majores. Stylus glaber; stigma capitatum. Legumen oblongo-lanceolatum, basin versus attenuatum vel ad medium latissimum, sparse pubescens, 11-14 mm. longum, ad 3 mm. latum. From: Multiple authors. 1908. Diagnoses Africanae: XXII. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1908(5): 219-228. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/4111712] [All rights reserved]
M. subspicatum is the only exstipulate species, all others have auriculate stipules. It has an affinity with M. wilmsii from which it differs in the trifid lower lip (tridentate in M. wilmsii) and the ovate-oblong standard (suborbicular in M. wilmsii). From: Moteetee, AN; Van Wyk, B-E. 2006. A revision of the genus Melolobium (Genisteae, Fabacaeae). S. African J. Bot. 72: 51-98. [doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2005.05.004] [Copyright held by the South African Association of Botanists (2006); http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/02546299] [CC BY]
Affine M. wilmsii, Harms, sed foliolis obtusis, floribus minoribus, calycis labio infero ad 0.5 tridentato dentibus angustis distinctum. From: Multiple authors. 1908. Diagnoses Africanae: XXII. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1908(5): 219-228. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/4111712] [All rights reserved]
It grows exclusively in grassland on dolomite and is known from only three localities. From: Moteetee, AN; Van Wyk, B-E. 2006. A revision of the genus Melolobium (Genisteae, Fabacaeae). S. African J. Bot. 72: 51-98. [doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2005.05.004] [Copyright held by the South African Association of Botanists (2006); http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/02546299] [CC BY]
M. subspicatum is a rare and localized species endemic to Gauteng Province in South Africa. From: Moteetee, AN; Van Wyk, B-E. 2006. A revision of the genus Melolobium (Genisteae, Fabacaeae). S. African J. Bot. 72: 51-98. [doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2005.05.004] [Copyright held by the South African Association of Botanists (2006); http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/02546299] [CC BY]
Transvaal. Irene. From: Multiple authors. 1908. Diagnoses Africanae: XXII. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1908(5): 219-228. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/4111712] [All rights reserved]
1500 to 1700 m
This map contains point-based occurrences at different locations
Occurrence in the Flora of Southern Africa (FSA) countries and South African provinces. Residence status indicates if a taxon is indigenous, endemic, naturalised or invasive in a specific region. This data is based on specimen records and literature
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Names and Sources
Classification
KINGDOM Plantae
SUBKINGDOM Phanerogamae
PHYLUM Anthophyta
ORDER Fabales
FAMILY Fabaceae
SUBFAMILY Papilionoideae
TRIBE Genisteae
GENUS Melolobium
SPECIES subspicatum
25 results for Melolobium subspicatum Conrath
Barcode: PRE0987711-0 Collector(s) & number: Nkuna, LA, 2712 | 2010-4-29
South Africa, Gauteng, Irene area at the water reservoir in Centurion area.
General notes: Millenium Seed Bank.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0410904-0 Collector(s) & number: Pole-Evans, IB, PRE 54403 | 1922-1-
South Africa, Gauteng, PRETORIA DIST.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0408292-0 Collector(s) & number: Van der Schijff, HP, 5302 | 1961-2-
South Africa, North West, PRETORIA DIST.; 5 MI OP KRUGERSDORP PAD VANAF PELINDABA GRUISRANDJIE
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE1022631-0 Collector(s) & number: Nkadimeng, F, 8642 | 2022-11-24
South Africa, Gauteng, Tshwane Municipality. On a rocky grassland near Koppie Alleen in Crocodile River Nature Reserve.
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Barcode: PRE0571011-0 Collector(s) & number: Germishuizen, G, 8707 | 1996-10-16
South Africa, Gauteng, Near Lanseria airport on road to Krugersdorp.
General notes: Grassland. Rocky. Slender, erect much branched herb. Trifoliolate; leaflets linear. Flowers small brigh yellow in terminal spicate racemes.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0989594-0 Collector(s) & number: Mills, L, 5 | 2015-1-29
South Africa, Gauteng, Lanseria. Rhenosterspruit 186-IR (Valley of Silence).
General notes: Frequent. ± 500 plants.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0880638-0 Collector(s) & number: Bester, SP, 16666 | 2021-10-29
South Africa, Gauteng, Pretoria District. Open veld E of Christoburg and S of Laudium. 25°48'21.98'S 28°05'55.99'E.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0880641-0 Collector(s) & number: Bester, SP, 16675 | 2021-10-29
South Africa, Gauteng, Pretoria District. Open veld E of Christoburg and S of Laudium. 25°48'22.08'S 28°05'58.07'E.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0408106-0 Collector(s) & number: Obermeyer, AA, 387 | 1929-10-
South Africa, Gauteng, PRETORIA DIST.; IRENE; ON KOPPIE E OF RAILWAY LINE
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Barcode: PRE0408104-0 Collector(s) & number: Mogg, AOD, 22819 | 1954-2-6
South Africa, Gauteng, KRUGERSDORP; WATERVAL 74 2 MI WNW OF KRUGERSDORP
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Barcode: PRE0408291-0 Collector(s) & number: Van der Schijff, HP, 5307 | 1961-2-
South Africa, Gauteng, PRETORIA DIST.; 5 MYL OP BRITZ PAD VANAF BRITZ KRUGERSDORP-PRETORIA AFDRAAI
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Barcode: PRE0410204-0 Collector(s) & number: Smith, CA, 1146 | 1925-11-15
South Africa, Gauteng, PRETORIA DIST.; BETW LYTTELTON AND IRENE
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0877311-0 Collector(s) & number: Bester, SP, 15673 | 2021-2-27
South Africa, Gauteng, Pretoria District. Koppie Alleen. Farm: Roodekrans 492JQ. 25°51'49.64" S 27°58'02.56"E.
General notes: Det. conf. by MM le Roux on 26/05/2021.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0457937-0 Collector(s) & number: Capener, A, PRE 56575 | 1951-1-24
South Africa, Gauteng, PRETORIA DIST.; HENNOPS RIVER
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0604274-0 Collector(s) & number: Mogg, AOD, 29658 | 1960-11-20
South Africa, Gauteng, KRUGERSDORP; W KRUGERSDORP WATERVAL 74 FARM
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
This map contains point-based occurrences at different locations
2006
PERIODICAL/JOURNAL
A revision of the genus Melolobium (Genisteae, Fabacaeae) Moteetee, AN; Van Wyk, B-ESouth African Journal of Botany 72: 51-98
1908
PERIODICAL/JOURNAL
Diagnoses Africanae: XXII Multiple authorsBulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Royal Gardens, Kew 1908(5)219-228
No results found for Melolobium subspicatum Conrath
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