PLANTAE / PHANEROGAMAE / ANTHOPHYTA / FABALES / FABACEAE / PAPILIONOIDEAE / CROTALARIEAE / LEOBORDEA / DIGITATA

Leobordea digitata (Harv.) B.-E.van Wyk & Boatwr.
LC Indigenous Endemic
Morphological description

Slender, ascending, much branched, nearly or quite glabrous; stipule solitary, falcate; leaves on very long petioles, 5-foliolate, leaflets linear or linear lanceolate, acute, very narrow, complicate; racemes opposite the leaves and terminal, laxly 3-4 flowered; calyx narrow, acute at base, the upper segments lanceolate, sub-connate, the lower subulate; legume falcate, glabrous. From: Harvey, WH. 1862. Leguminosae. In: WH Harvey & OW Sonder (eds), Leguminosae to Loranthaceae. Fl. Cap. (Harvey) 2: 1-285. Lovell Reeve & Co. Ltd., London. [https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.821] [All rights reserved]

Prostrate shrublet, up to 1.4 m across, woody basally. Leaves mainly 5-foliolate, ± glabrous, leaflets linear. Flowers 1-4, in short congested racemes, yellow, calyx lobes long, narrow, upper and lateral pairs fused high up, minutely hairy to densely silky, back of standard sometimes minutely hairy on midrib. Pod stalked, linear, distinctly falcate, compressed. From: Boatwright, JS. 2013. Fabaceae: Leobordea. In: DA Snijman (ed.), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The Extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30: 389-390. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]

Diagnostic description

In foliage and flower this is puzzlingly like L. quinata, but the inflorescence and legume are quite different. Stems filiform, 6 inches high, flexuous. Petioles 1-1 1/2 inches long; leaflets 1/2 line wide, 1/2 inch long, pale green. Legume 1 1/2 as long as the calyx, not a line wide, strongly curved backwards. From: Harvey, WH. 1862. Leguminosae. In: WH Harvey & OW Sonder (eds), Leguminosae to Loranthaceae. Fl. Cap. (Harvey) 2: 1-285. Lovell Reeve & Co. Ltd., London. [https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.821] [All rights reserved]

Habitat

Karroid scrub, renosterveld. From: Boatwright, JS. 2013. Fabaceae: Leobordea. In: DA Snijman (ed.), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The Extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30: 389-390. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]

Distribution

South Africa. From: Harvey, WH. 1862. Leguminosae. In: WH Harvey & OW Sonder (eds), Leguminosae to Loranthaceae. Fl. Cap. (Harvey) 2: 1-285. Lovell Reeve & Co. Ltd., London. [https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.821] [All rights reserved]

Namaqualand and Kouga Mountains. From: Boatwright, JS. 2013. Fabaceae: Leobordea. In: DA Snijman (ed.), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The Extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30: 389-390. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]

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Residence status

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

Accepted name
Leobordea digitata (Harv.) B.-E.van Wyk & Boatwr.

Published in: Taxon 60(1): 172 (2011)

Type: South Africa, in some part of the eastern provinces, Capt. Carmichael s.n. (TCD, holo.)

Synonym(s)

Lotononis digitata Harv.

Published in: Fl. Cap. (Harvey) 2: 52 (1862)


Classification

KINGDOM Plantae

SUBKINGDOM Phanerogamae

PHYLUM Anthophyta

ORDER Fabales

FAMILY Fabaceae

SUBFAMILY Papilionoideae

TRIBE Crotalarieae

GENUS Leobordea

SPECIES digitata

34 results for Leobordea digitata (Harv.) B.-E.van Wyk & Boatwr.

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Specimen records

Barcode: NBG0104486-0 Collector(s) & number: Bayliss, RDA, 5864 | 1973-8-13

South Africa, Eastern Cape, Kouga Mountains, near Bo-Kouga. Hillside.

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Barcode: NBG0014424-2 Collector(s) & number: Martin, BE, 520 | 1950-9-8

South Africa, Northern Cape, Namaqualand Dist. Spektakel.

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Barcode: NH0002890-0 Collector(s) & number: Bolus, H, 430 | 1883-9-

South Africa, Northern Cape, Near Spektakel. Namaqualand Minor.

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Barcode: PRE0673406-0 Collector(s) & number: Le Roux, A, 2272 | 1977-8-11

South Africa, Cape Province, QUAGGAS KOP 125 FARM; 6 KM W OF NUWERUS. GENTLE NE SLOPE.

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Barcode: NBG0014422-1 Collector(s) & number: Martin, BE, 520 | 1950-9-8

South Africa, Northern Cape, Namaqualand Dist. Spektakel.

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Barcode: PRE0849544-0 Collector(s) & number: Jaca, T, 38 | 2009-8-12

South Africa, Northern Cape, Top of Wildeperdehoek Pass, outside park.

General notes: Namaqualand Klipkoppe Shrubland. Slope: moderate.

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Barcode: NBG0014424-3 Collector(s) & number: Martin, BE, 520 | 1950-9-8

South Africa, Northern Cape, Namaqualand Dist. Spektakel.

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Barcode: PRE0752511-0 Collector(s) & number: Tshidada, NJ, 29 | 2005-8-15

South Africa, Northern Cape, Namakwa National Park on the road to Soebatsfontein.

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Barcode: PRE0999901-0 Collector(s) & number: Venter, F, 1336 | 2016-11-10

South Africa, Northern Cape, Kommagas District.

General notes: Department of General Botany. University of Pretoria. South Africa.

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Barcode: PRE0384425-0 Collector(s) & number: Bolus, H, 430 | 1883-9-

South Africa, Northern Cape, LITTLE NAMAQUALAND; SPEKTAKEL

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Barcode: PRE0384423-0 Collector(s) & number: Schlechter, FRR, 11075 | 1897-9-4

South Africa, Northern Cape, VAN RHYNSDORP DIV.; STINKFONTEIN

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Barcode: NBG1514037-0 Collector(s) & number: Schmiedel, U, BRH130 | 2013-9-19

South Africa, Northern Cape,

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Barcode: NBG0014424-1 Collector(s) & number: Martin, BE, 520 | 1950-9-8

South Africa, Northern Cape, Namaqualand Dist. Spektakel.

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Barcode: NBG0014425-0 Collector(s) & number: Compton, RH, 17198 | 1945-9-4

South Africa, Northern Cape, Namaqualand Dist. Brakdam.

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Barcode: NBG0223029-0 Collector(s) & number: Helme, NA, 4902 | 2007-9-6

South Africa, Western Cape, 10 km SE of Nuwerus, Oor kraal 114, ridge NW Rooidraai. 31°14'S: 18°25'E.

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Barcode: NBG0014426-0 Collector(s) & number: Leipoldt, CL, 3783 | 1941-9-

South Africa, Northern Cape, Namaqualand. Khamiesbergen.

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Barcode: NBG0198933-0 Collector(s) & number: Helme, NA, 3273 | 2004-8-30

South Africa, Northern Cape, Namaqualand. Kamiesberg, 2 km NE of Rooiberg on NW slopes of Blouberg. 30°25'02.9"S 18°06'33.3"E.

General notes: Alt. 1211 m. Fynbos biome. Renosterveld. Gentle, mountain slope. Well-drained, sandy, rocky soil. Granite. Full sun. W aspect. No biotic effect seen. Dwarf shrub. Resprouter. Prostrate. Flowers yellow. Fruit absent. Plant height 0.04 m. Fairly common, localized, on rocky outcrops.

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Barcode: PRE0849553-0 Collector(s) & number: Jaca, T, 77 | 2009-8-14

South Africa, Northern Cape, Namaqua National Park. On the road from Ratelklip to Kookfontein.

General notes: Namaqualand Klipkoppe Shrubland. Somewhat abundant.

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Barcode: PRE0499817-0 Collector(s) & number: Rosch, MW, 1466 | 1976-8-28

South Africa, Northern Cape, NAMAQUALAND; KOMAGGAS; 10 KM. VAN KOMAGGAS OP PAD NA SPEKTAKELBERG IN VALLEI

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Barcode: PRE0849556-0 Collector(s) & number: Jaca, T, 70 | 2009-8-14

South Africa, Northern Cape, Namaqua National Park. On the road to Kookfontein.

General notes: Namaqualand Klipkoppe Shrubland.

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Barcode: PRE0384426-0 Collector(s) & number: Leipoldt, CL, 3783 | 1941-9-

South Africa, Northern Cape, LITTLE NAMAQUALAND; KAMIESBERG

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Barcode: NBG0226334-0 Collector(s) & number: Le Roux, A, 2272 | 1977-8-11

South Africa, Western Cape, Farm Quaggas Kop 125, 6 km west of Nuwerus.

General notes: Yellow-brown well-drained sandy loam soil, gentle northeast slope, full sun. Winter rainfall 0-250 mm p.a. Succulent Karoo, Acocks Veld Type 31. Biennial half-woody dwarf shrub, yellow flower, local occurrence occasional.

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Barcode: PRE0771987-0 Collector(s) & number: Mudau, AC, 351 | 2007-8-12

South Africa, Northern Cape, Namaqua National Park, Kookfontein.

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Barcode: NBG0226344-0 Collector(s) & number: Markotter, EI, STEU 19600 | 1934-9-17

South Africa, Northern Cape, Namaqualand. Kamieskroon, in rock crevices.

General notes: In rock crevices. Procument on rocks, ± 1 ft long. Flowers yellow.

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Barcode: PRE0384424-0 Collector(s) & number: Esterhuysen, EE, 5700 | 1941-8-24

South Africa, Western Cape, NAMAQUALAND; BRAKWATER

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Barcode: NBG0014423-0 Collector(s) & number: Barker, WF, 7413 | 1951-9-4

South Africa, Northern Cape, Namaqualand Dist. 5 miles N. of Komaggas.

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Barcode: PRE0752510-0 Collector(s) & number: Tshidada, NJ, 51 | 2005-8-17

South Africa, Northern Cape, Namakwa National Park.

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Barcode: NBG0014422-2 Collector(s) & number: Martin, BE, 520 | 1950-9-8

South Africa, Northern Cape, Namaqualand Dist. Spektakel.

General notes: Flowers yellow.

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Barcode: PRE0384427-0 Collector(s) & number: Hutchinson, J, 842 | 1928-10-13

South Africa, Northern Cape, NAMAQUALAND; KAMIESKROON

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Barcode: PRE0824966-0 Collector(s) & number: Van Rooyen, MW, 2641 | 1993-8-16

South Africa, Northern Cape, Namaqualand: Kamieskroon; Skilpad Wild Flower Reserve of southern African Nature Foundation.

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Barcode: NBG0226346-0 Collector(s) & number: Le Roux, A, 2915 | 1982-8-14

South Africa, Northern Cape, Namaqualand. 11 km W of Soebatsfontein on road to Riethuis.

General notes: Plain. Well-drained; red sandy soil. Level slope. Acocks Veld Type 31. Karoo vegetation. Disturbance: unknown. Local rare. Prostrate herb, 0.01 m. Flowers yellow. Grows flat on big rockface in crevice.

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Observation records

Date: 9/22/2021 4:06:00 PM

Western Cape

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Date: 10/3/2018 12:29:00 PM

Northern Cape

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Date: 3/6/2023 10:46:00 AM

Northern Cape

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2013

SERIES CHAPTER

Fabaceae: Leobordea Boatwright, JS

In: DA Snijman (ed.), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The Extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30: 389-390

South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria

2011

PERIODICAL/JOURNAL

The generic concept of Lotononis (Crotalarieae, Fabaceae): Reinstatement of the genera Euchlora, Leobordea, and Listia and the new genus Ezoloba Boatwright, JS; Wink, M; Van Wyk, B-E

Taxon 60(1)161-177

1862

FLORA CHAPTER

Leguminosae Harvey, WH

In: WH Harvey & OW Sonder (eds), Leguminosae to Loranthaceae. Flora Capensis 2: 1-285

Lovell Reeve & Co. Ltd., London

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