PLANTAE / PHANEROGAMAE / ANTHOPHYTA / FABALES / FABACEAE / PAPILIONOIDEAE / GENISTEAE / MELOLOBIUM / WILMSII
Virgate suffrutex, 0.3-0.6 m high. Leaves stipulate, leaflets linear to narrowly lanceolate, apex acute, 14-18(-25) x 1-2 mm; petiole 4-8 mm long, stipules subulate, (4-)7-9 x 0.51.0 mm. Inflorescence terminal, 8-120(140-150) mm long, with numerous flowers; flowers 5-8 mm long; bracts linear, 2-5 x 0.3-0.5 mm; bracteoles linear, 1-2 x 0.2-0.3 mm. Calyx shortly bilabiate, with sessile glands, hairy; upper lobes acute; upper lip 4-5 mm long, the apices obtuse; upper sinus 0.5-1.0 mm deep; lateral sinus 1.5-2.0 mm deep; lower lip with very short teeth, 4-6 mm long, the apices obtuse, lower sinuses 0.1-0.8 mm deep. Corolla yellow; standard suborbicular, 6-7 x 4-5 mm, with a well-developed, channelled claw 2-3 mm long; wing petals oblong, sculptured, 6-7 x 1-2 mm, with a linear claw 2-3 mm long; keel petals straight, 6-7 x 23 mm, with a linear claw 2-3 mm long. Gynoecium narrowly oblong, hairy. Fruit narrowly oblong, 16-18 x 3-4 mm, hairy, 3-5-seeded; seeds round, 1.6-2.0 x 1.6-2.0 mm, olive to pale yellow dotted 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]
Shrub, up to 0.6 m high; a virgate suffrutex; stems and rachis glabrous or thinly pilose with spreading hairs. Leaves with leaflets linear to narrowly ovate, apex acute. Flowers: inflorescence terminal; sessile glands on calyces only; corolla yellow; Nov.-Feb. Pods narrowly oblong, hairy, 3-5-seeded. From: Grobler, A; Retief, E; Meyer, NL. 2017. Fabaceae: Melolobium Eckl. & Zeyh. In: E Retief & NL Meyer (eds), Plants of the Free State: Inventory and identification guide. Strelitzia 38: 550-552. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
M. wilmsii is closely related to M. subspicatum (they both have a virgate growth habit and sessile glands on the calyces) but differs in the presence of stipules (the latter species lacks stipules). The species can be recognized by the linear to oblanceolate leaflets and the long, many-flowered, terminal racemes. 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. wilmsii grows in open grasslands at altitudes of about 1500 m. 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]
Dry Grassland; Mesic Grassland. Grassland. From: Grobler, A; Retief, E; Meyer, NL. 2017. Fabaceae: Melolobium Eckl. & Zeyh. In: E Retief & NL Meyer (eds), Plants of the Free State: Inventory and identification guide. Strelitzia 38: 550-552. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Mpumalanga and Gauteng Provinces 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]
November to February
0 to 1500 m
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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 wilmsii
34 results for Melolobium wilmsii Harms
Year
Barcode: PRE0858283-0 Collector(s) & number: Bester, SP, 9761A | 2009-11-20
South Africa, Mpumalanga, Ermelo District. ca. 11.7 km NNW on N11 from Ermelo to Hendrina. 26°25'27.2" S 29°56'30.4" E.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0754892-0 Collector(s) & number: Nkonki, T, 84 | 2003-12-18
South Africa, Mpumalanga, Witbank. Farm Doornrug, ca. 16 km W of Witbank next to the N4.
General notes: Moist Sandy Highveld Grassland.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0410908-0 Collector(s) & number: Murray, DP, PRE 54408 | 1925-12-
South Africa, Gauteng, WITWATERSRAND; BOKSBURG
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Barcode: PRE0858437-0 Collector(s) & number: Bester, SP, 10427 | 2010-11-17
South Africa, Mpumalanga, Carolina District. Farm: Haverfontein 7 IT, ca 9 km directly North of Carolina. 25°59'10.3"S, 30°07'29.0"E.
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Barcode: PRE0410918-0 Collector(s) & number: Acocks, JPH, 20855 | 1959-11-15
South Africa, Gauteng, HEIDELBERG DIST.; 11.3 MI S OF HEIDELBERG
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Barcode: PRE0410919-0 Collector(s) & number: Bredenkamp, GJ, 543 | 1971-12-24
South Africa, Gauteng, SUIKERBOSRAND NAT. R; BETW WETTER EN WOLF
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Barcode: PRE0408168-0 Collector(s) & number: Werger, MJA, 206 | 1969-1-17
South Africa, Free State, MEISTERBACH; 15 MI N VAN BETHLEHEM
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0410920-0 Collector(s) & number: Wood, JM, 5062 | 1893-12-19
South Africa, Free State, HARRISMITH; HILL SIDE
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Barcode: PRE0457940-0 Collector(s) & number: Galpin, EE, 13213 | 1932-11-25
South Africa, Mpumalanga, BELFAST; MACHADODORP
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0850314-0 Collector(s) & number: Masombuka, AS, 25 | 2006-12-15
South Africa, Mpumalanga, R36 road to Carolina near the road.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0015385-0 Collector(s) & number: Steyn, M, 801 | 1949-12-18
South Africa, Mpumalanga, Transvaal. Ermelo. Breyton.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0870351-0 Collector(s) & number: Bester, SP, 13932 | 2017-11-27
South Africa, Mpumalanga, Carolina District. On R36 between Machadodorp and Carolina. ±25°51'45.13"S 30°13'32.65"E.
General notes: Population on roadside of ±200 plants; very few elsewhere seen on farmland. Det. conf. by T Nkonki on 26/01/2018.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0714587-0 Collector(s) & number: Smit, I, 100 | 1964-10-
South Africa, Free State, BETHLEHEM
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Barcode: PRE0893470-0 Collector(s) & number: De Castro, A, 1252 | 2012-2-8
South Africa, Mpumalanga, Caroline. Farm Jaglust.
General notes: In somewhat hygrophilous grassland on 'temporary hydromorphic' sandy loam soils on N-facing midslope of gently undulating grassland. Uncommon and localised. Conf: Nkonki,T. 14/2/2012
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0410917-0 Collector(s) & number: Collins, MC, TRV 13448 | 1913-12-
South Africa, Mpumalanga, ERMELO
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Barcode: PRE0603196-0 Collector(s) & number: Du Toit, L(D), 13 | 1980-11-25
South Africa, Mpumalanga, KOMATI POWER STATION; 25 KM FROM WITBANK ON ROAD TO HENDRINA.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0879854-0 Collector(s) & number: Bester, SP, 17218 | 2022-1-15
South Africa, Mpumalanga, Carolina District. Nooitgedacht Dam Nature Reserve. Farm: Wintershoek 451 JT. 25°57'19.24'S 30°03'53.96'E.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0410907-0 Collector(s) & number: Schlechter, FRR, 3720 | 1893-11-16
South Africa, Gauteng, DONKERHOEK
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Barcode: PRE0410921-0 Collector(s) & number: Codd, LEW, 227 | 1942-1-1
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Fort Louis.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NH0024977-0 Collector(s) & number: Thode, J, A1585 | 1928-11-
South Africa, Mpumalanga, Middelburg.
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Barcode: PRE0737935-0 Collector(s) & number: du Preez, PJ, 1983 | 1989-4-5
South Africa, Free State, EXCELSIOR DIST; KORANNABERG
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0410207-0 Collector(s) & number: Steyn, M, 801 | 1949-12-18
South Africa, Mpumalanga, ERMELO DIST.; BREYTEN
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Barcode: PRE0736959-0 Collector(s) & number: Rudatis, AGH, 262 | 1935-12-26
South Africa, Mpumalanga, MIDDELBURG DIST.; WONDERHOEK; IN OU MIELIELANDE.
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Barcode: PRE0179808-0 Collector(s) & number: Mogg, AOD, 24333 | 1954-12-16
South Africa, Gauteng, Balfour District: 64 radial km South East of Johannesburg; on Kuilfontein Farm 502 IR. Lower Wits series of rocks.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0840982-0 Collector(s) & number: Jacobsen, NHG, 6332 | 2005-4-23
South Africa, Gauteng, Johannesburg. Portion 37 of the Farm Liefde en Vrede 104 IR.
General notes: A 61 or 34 Low & Rebelo.
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Barcode: PRE0870120-0 Collector(s) & number: Bester, SP, 13972 | 2017-11-28
South Africa, Mpumalanga, Carolina District. ±10 km directly NE of Arnot Power Station. 25°52'38.88"S 29°51'37.65"E.
General notes: Only 6 plants seen. Det. conf. by T Nkonki on 26/01/2018.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0572863-0 Collector(s) & number: Hoare, DB, 1206 | 1997-12-8
South Africa, Mpumalanga, Witbank District: Douglas Colliery: Stream ± 2 km East of mine office.
General notes: Rare. Voucher for Douglas Colliery survey. Conf.: PM Burgoyne 2/1998
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0408169-0 Collector(s) & number: Scheepers, JC, 1761 | 1969-2-13
South Africa, Free State, DANIELSRUST 339 FARM; NW OF KNOLL ON TOP OF RIDGE BEHIND HOMESTEAD
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
This map contains point-based occurrences at different locations
2017
SERIES CHAPTER
Fabaceae: Melolobium Eckl. & Zeyh. Grobler, A; Retief, E; Meyer, NLIn: E Retief & NL Meyer (eds), Plants of the Free State: Inventory and identification guide. Strelitzia 38: 550-552
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria
2006
PERIODICAL/JOURNAL
A revision of the genus Melolobium (Genisteae, Fabacaeae) Moteetee, AN; Van Wyk, B-ESouth African Journal of Botany 72: 51-98
No results found for Melolobium wilmsii Harms
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