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Syntype of Swertia usambarensis Engl. [family GENTIANACEAE]

Syntype of Swertia usambarensis Engl. [family GENTIANACEAE]

Collector Riva D., #1405
Collection Date 1893-11-03
Resource Type Specimens
Country Ethiopia
Herbarium FT
Identifications Syntype of Swertia usambarensis Engl. [family GENTIANACEAE] (stored under name); Verified by Data not digitized
Syntype of Swertia polyantha Gilg [family GENTIANACEAE]; Verified by Data not digitized
Lectotype of Swertia usambarensis Engl. [family GENTIANACEAE]

Lectotype of Swertia usambarensis Engl. [family GENTIANACEAE]

Collector Riva D., #1228
Collection Date 1893-09-17
Resource Type Specimens
Country Ethiopia
Herbarium FT
Identifications Lectotype of Swertia usambarensis Engl. [family GENTIANACEAE] (stored under name); Verified by Data not digitized
Lectotype of Swertia polyantha Gilg [family GENTIANACEAE]; Verified by Data not digitized
Swertia usambarensis Engl. var. curtioides (Gilg) Sileshi [family GENTIANACEAE]

Swertia usambarensis Engl. var. curtioides (Gilg) Sileshi [family GENTIANACEAE]

Collector Goetze, W., #913
Collection Date None
Resource Type Specimens
Country Tanzania
Herbarium K
Identifications Swertia curtioides Gilg [family GENTIANACEAE]
Swertia usambarensis Engl. var. curtioides (Gilg) Sileshi [family GENTIANACEAE] (stored under name)
Swertia usambarensis Engl. var. curtioides (Gilg) Sileshi [family GENTIANACEAE]

Swertia usambarensis Engl. var. curtioides (Gilg) Sileshi [family GENTIANACEAE]

Collector Goetze, W., #913
Collection Date 1898
Resource Type Specimens
Country Tanzania
Herbarium K
Identifications Swertia usambarensis Engl. var. curtioides (Gilg) Sileshi [family GENTIANACEAE] (stored under name);
Swertia curtioides Gilg [family GENTIANACEAE];
Type of Swertia whytei N.E.Br. [family GENTIANACEAE]

Type of Swertia whytei N.E.Br. [family GENTIANACEAE]

Collector Whyte, A., #s.n.
Collection Date 11-1898
Resource Type Specimens
Country Kenya
Herbarium K
Identifications Swertia usambarensis Engl. [family GENTIANACEAE] (stored under name)
Type of Swertia whytei N.E.Br. [family GENTIANACEAE]
Isotype of Swertia curtioides Gilg [family GENTIANACEAE]

Isotype of Swertia curtioides Gilg [family GENTIANACEAE]

Collector Goetze W., #913
Collection Date 1899-01-01
Resource Type Specimens
Country Tanzania
Herbarium BR
Identifications Isotype of Swertia curtioides Gilg [family GENTIANACEAE]
Swertia usambarensis Engl. var. curtioides (Gilg) Sileshi [family GENTIANACEAE] (stored under name)
Type of Swertia usambarensis Engl. [family GENTIANACEAE]

Type of Swertia usambarensis Engl. [family GENTIANACEAE]

Collector Holst, #622
Collection Date 05-1891
Resource Type Specimens
Country Tanzania
Herbarium K
Identifications Type of Swertia usambarensis Engl. [family GENTIANACEAE] (stored under name)
Filed as Swertia usambarensis Engl. [family GENTIANACEAE]

Filed as Swertia usambarensis Engl. [family GENTIANACEAE]

Collector Lewalle J., #610
Collection Date 1966-03-23
Resource Type Specimens
Country Burundi
Herbarium BR
Identifications Swertia usambarensis Engl. [family GENTIANACEAE] (stored under name); Verified by Nemomissa Sileshi, 1994/03/15
Filed as Swertia usambarensis Engl. [family GENTIANACEAE]

Filed as Swertia usambarensis Engl. [family GENTIANACEAE]

Collector Symoens, J.-J., #2339
Collection Date 1956-03-31
Resource Type Specimens
Country Congo, the Democratic Republic of the
Herbarium LSHI
Identifications Swertia usambarensis Engl. [family GENTIANACEAE] (stored under name)
Isotype of Swertia curtioides Gilg [family GENTIANACEAE]

Isotype of Swertia curtioides Gilg [family GENTIANACEAE]

Collector Goetze, W., #913
Collection Date None
Resource Type Specimens
Country Tanzania
Herbarium E
Identifications Swertia usambarensis Engl. [family GENTIANACEAE] (stored under name); Verified by Shah, J., 1984/07/01
Swertia curtioides Gilg [family GENTIANACEAE]
Isotype of Swertia curtioides Gilg [family GENTIANACEAE]
SWERTIA usambarensis var. usambarensis [family GENTIANACEAE]

SWERTIA usambarensis var. usambarensis [family GENTIANACEAE]

Entry From Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (2002) Author: SILESHI NEMOMISSA
Contributor Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Resource Type Reference Sources
Range DISTR. U 1–3; K 2–6; T 2, 3, 7, 8
Information Cauline leaves flat, unfolded.
SWERTIA usambarensis (Gilg) Sileshi var. curtioides [family GENTIANACEAE]

SWERTIA usambarensis (Gilg) Sileshi var. curtioides [family GENTIANACEAE]

Entry From Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (2002) Author: SILESHI NEMOMISSA
Contributor Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Resource Type Reference Sources
Range DISTR. T 7
Information Leaves folded lengthwise and distinctly narrowed into a very short petiole. Fig. 14/1 (p. 54).
SWERTIA usambarensis Engl. [family GENTIANACEAE]

SWERTIA usambarensis Engl. [family GENTIANACEAE]

Entry From Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 4, Part 1, page 544, (1904) Author: (By J. G. Baker, with additions by N. E. Brown.)
Contributor Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Resource Type Reference Sources
Information Annual, 1–1 1/2 ft. high; stems simple or branched from the base; branches ascending, corymbose-paniculate. Leaves 1/3–1 in. long, 1–3 lin. broad, apparently somewhat fleshy or rather thick; lower oblong-lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, narrowed at the base or very shortly petioled; upper lanceolate, acute or subobtuse, narrowed at the base. Flower-branches panicled, umbellately 3–10-flowered; flowers 5-merous; pedicels 1/3–1 1/3 in. long. Calyx-segments 1 1/2–3 lin. long, 1/3–1 lin. broad, usually linear-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, occasionally broadly ovate, acute or subobtuse. Corolla pale blue (ex Engler), whitish in the dried state; lobes 3 1/2–5 lin. long, 1 2/3–2 1/2 lin. broad, oblong or elliptic-oblong, obtuse, with 2 oblong densely long-ciliate nectaries near the base. Stamens 2 1/2–3 lin. long. Ovary oblong; stigma sessile, broad, obtuse, 2-lobed.
Swertia usambarensis Engl. [family GENTIANACEAE]

Swertia usambarensis Engl. [family GENTIANACEAE]

Entry From FZ, Vol 7, Part 4, page 3, (1990) Author: J. Paiva and I. Nogueira
Contributor Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Resource Type Reference Sources
Information Annual erect herb up to 50 cm. tall. Stem slender, sometimes woody at the base, usually branched from the base, rarely unbranched or branched at the apex only, 4-ridged. Leaves thin, not fleshy; lamina 10–30 (40) x 2–7 (20) mm.; cauline ones lanceolate, attenuate at the base into a short petiole, acute or subacute at the apex, patent; basal ones, ovate-elliptic to broadly elliptic, the uppermost shorter and narrowing passing to bracts. Flowers 5-merous, pale blue (whitish in dried material) in terminal few- or many-flowered corymbiform cymes, pedicellate; pedicels very variable. Calyx divided to the base; segments 1–4 x 0.7–2 mm., unequal elliptic. Corolla with a very short tube; lobes 5–12 x 3.5–6 mm., obovate-ellipric, obtuse at the apex, with a pair of fimbriate nectaries within, near the base. Stamens inserted at the sinuses; filaments 4–6 mm. long; anthers 1–1.3 mm. long, narrowly ellipsoid. Ovary 4–5 x 2–2.5 mm., narrowly ellipsoid, narrowed into a short stout style; stigma bilobed, papillate. Capsule 7–10 x 3–3.5 mm., narrowly-ellipsoid. Seeds 0.3–0.4 mm. long; testa faveolate.
SWERTIA usambarensis Engl. [family GENTIANACEAE]

SWERTIA usambarensis Engl. [family GENTIANACEAE]

Entry From Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (2002) Author: SILESHI NEMOMISSA
Contributor Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Resource Type Reference Sources
Information Annual herb without basal leaf rosette. Stems erect, 25–50 cm long, unbranched or branched, stem angles smooth. Leaves sessile or shortly petiolate, blade oblong-lanceolate, linear-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 25–40 mm long, 5–15 mm wide, obtuse or subacute, narrowed at the base. Inflorescences corymb-like, partial inflorescences many, each 5–6(–7)-flowered; pedicels 7–32 mm long, pedicel of the terminal flower always shorter than pedicels of lateral flowers; bracteoles oblong-lanceolate, linear-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 1–1.6 mm long, 0.4–0.6 mm wide, obtuse or subacute. Flowers 5-merous. Calyx lobes: 3 longer and wider than others, oblong-lanceolate, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 6–9 mm long, 1.5–2.5 mm wide, acute. Corolla white, sometimes with purplish-brown median dorsal stripes outside; tube very short, 0.4–1.1 mm long; lobes oblong-elliptic or obovate-elliptic, 6–12.5 mm long, 4–7 mm wide, obtuse or acute; nectaries 2 per lobe, yellow, circular, 0.4–1.2 mm diameter, 0.2–0.6 mm apart, 1.8–2.3 mm from base of lobes, margin fimbriate, fimbriae 1.1–2.8 mm long. Stamens with filaments 4–7 mm long, scale-like projections present at their point of attachment to the corolla lobes; anthers oblong, 1–2.1 mm long. Ovary oblong, 4.5–7.5 mm long, 1–3 mm diameter; style obsolete; stigma bilobed, lobes 0.5–0.9 mm long, 1–1.6 mm wide, obtuse, forming a crescent-shaped rim on the capsule valves; parietal placentae conspicuous. Capsule oblong, 8–11 mm long, 4–5 mm diameter. Seeds light brown, 0.4–0.5 mm in diameter, surface with wavy ridges.

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