Apiaceae
Alepidea

Alepidea amatymbica Eckl. & Zeyh.

First published in Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral.: 339 (1837)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Africa. It is a biennial or perennial and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Descriptions

Umbelliferae, J. F. M. Cannon. Flora Zambesiaca 4. 1978

Morphology General Habit
Robust glabrous herbs up to 1·75 m., with numerous thick lateral roots.
Morphology Stem
Stems terete and strongly grooved.
Morphology Leaves
Basal leaves oblong, lamina up to 25 × 9 cm.; apex obtuse, base emarginate to cordate (rarely truncate); margins regularly obtuse-dentate, with the apices of the teeth prolonged into conspicuous cilia. Petioles up to 25 cm. long, with the bases dilated and distinctly stem-clasping. Stem leaves reduced upwards, those of the middle stem sessile, and strongly auriculate with rounded lobes. Lower leaves on the inflorescence similar to the stem leaves, but with acute apices; upper ones similar but much smaller.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Umbels terminal and lateral, dense, with 10–20 subsessile to very shortly stalked flowers.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts
Bracts 6–10 × 2–3 mm., conspicuous, connate at the base, narrowly lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, apices subulate, whitish in colour.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals greenish-cream.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit on thickened pedicels, up to 4 × 3 mm., ovoid to obovoid, ribs inconspicuous; calyx teeth obvious, narrowly triangular; Stylopodium low-conical; styles ± persistent, short and recurved.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits Vittae
Vittae 5, large and well developed, 1 in each interval and 2 in the commissural face; seed closely following the outline of the pericarp, slightly curved on the inner face.
[FZ]

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: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora Zambesiaca

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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

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  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

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