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Alchemilla gracilis

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Identification
Alchemilla ellenbeckii Engl. [family ROSACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Graham, R. A., Alchemilla brownei De Wild. [family ROSACEAE ] Verified by Rothmaler, W., Alchemilla gracilis Pax. [family ROSACEAE ] Verified by Haum. and Balle., Alchemilla palustris T.C.E.Fr. [family ROSACEAE ] Verified by Fries, R.E.; Fries, T.C.E.,
Related name
  • Alchemilla palustris
  • Alchemilla brownei
  • Alchemilla granvikii
  • Alchemilla gracilis
  • Alchemilla ellenbeckii

Flora

Entry for ALCHEMILLA ellenbeckii subsp. ellenbeckii [family ROSACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (1960) Author: R. A. GRAHAM
Names
ALCHEMILLA ellenbeckii subsp. ellenbeckii [family ROSACEAE], ; Hedb. in Symb. Bot. Ups. 15 (1): 103 (1957), excl. spec. cit. Michelmore 941
ALCHEMILLA gracilis Pax [family ROSACEAE], in E.J. 39: 622 (1907) nec Opiz (1838) nec Buser (1895), nom. illegit. Type: Ethiopia, Shoa, Rosen (BRSL, holo.)
ALCHEMILLA ellenbeckii Engl. [family ROSACEAE], in E.J. 46: 135 (1911), sensu stricto
ALCHEMILLA mildbraedii Engl. [family ROSACEAE], in Z.A.E.: 226, t. 22 A–D (1911); De Wild. in B.J.B.B. 7: 363 (1921); Fries in Arkiv Bot. 18 (11): 23 (1923); Hauman & Balle in Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 24: 314 (1934); F.P.N.A. 1: 247 (1948); F.C.B. 3: 8 (1952). Type: Ruanda-Urundi, Rukarara, Mildbraed 973
ALCHEMILLA brownei De Wild. [family ROSACEAE], in B.J.B.B. 7: 367 (1921). Type: Kenya, Mt. Kenya, Orde Browne (BM, holo.!)
ALCHEMILLA pickwellii T. C. E. Fries [family ROSACEAE], in Arkiv Bot. 18 (11): 24 (1923). Type: Kenya, Mt. Kenya, Fries 686 (U, holo., K, iso.!)
ALCHEMILLA hillii T. C. E. Fries [family ROSACEAE], in Arkiv Bot. 18(11): 24 (1923). Type: Kenya, Mt. Kenya, Fries 1214 (U, holo., K, iso.!)
ALCHEMILLA palustris T. C. E. Fries [family ROSACEAE], in Arkiv Bot. 18(11): 25 (1923). Type: Kenya, Aberdare Mts., Fries 2312 (U, holo., K, iso.!)
ALCHEMILLA granvikii T. C. E. Fries [family ROSACEAE], in Bot. Not. 1923: 54 (1923). Type: Elgon, Granvik (S, holo.!)
ALCHEMILLA linderi Mildbr. [family ROSACEAE], in Journ. Arn. Arb. 9 (11): 51 (1930). Type: Uganda, Kigezi District, Behungi, Linder 2576 (B, holo., GH, K!, iso.)
ALCHEMILLA ellenbeckii (T. C. E. Fries) Hauman & Balle var. hillii [family ROSACEAE], in Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 24: 347 (1934)
ALCHEMILLA ellenbeckii (T. C. E. Fries) Hauman & Balle var. palustris [family ROSACEAE], in Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 24: 347 (1934)
ALCHEMILLA ellenbeckii (T. C. E. Fries) Hauman & Balle var. granvikii [family ROSACEAE], in Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 24: 347 (1934)
ALCHEMILLA mildbraedii Hauman & Balle var. villosa [family ROSACEAE], in Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 24: 317 (1934), ex descr. Type: Belgian Congo, Lebrun 3859 (BR, holo.)
ALCHEMILLA gracilis (T. C. E. Fries) Hauman & Balle var. hillii [family ROSACEAE], in B.J.B.B. 14: 28 (1936)
ALCHEMILLA gracilis (T. C. E. Fries) Hauman & Balle var. palustris [family ROSACEAE], in B.J.B.B. 14: 28 (1936)
ALCHEMILLA gracilis (T. C. E. Fries) Hauman & Balle var. granvikii [family ROSACEAE], in B.J.B.B. 14: 28 (1936)
ALCHEMILLA ellenbeckii (T. C. E. Fries) Hedb. subsp. granvikii [family ROSACEAE], in Symb. Bot. Ups. 15 (1): 104 (1957)
Information
Leaves with lobes reaching to or commonly beyond the centre of the lamina, sometimes to the base. Calyx-lobes 1–1.2 mm. long; epicalyx 0.75–1.2 mm. long, thus sometimes equalling the calyx-lobes. Whole plant glabrous or nearly so (rarely with hairy stems and leaves).
Range
DISTR. U2, 3; K3, 4; T2, ?6 Belgian Congo (area of Ruwenzori), Ethiopia.
Altitude range
2100–3900 m.
Distribution
KENYA Ravine District Timboroa, June 1953, G. R. Williams 558! (hairy form);KENYA Naivasha District Mau Forest, Endabarra, Jan. 1946, Bally 4825! & Bondui, Jan. 1946, Bally 4926!TANGANYIKA Masai District Ololmoti Crater, Sept. 1932, B. D. Burtt 4398!UGANDA Kigezi District Behungi, Dec. 1933, A. S. Thomas 1059! & Kanaba Gap, June 1946, Purseglove 2071! & Sept. 1952, Lind 175!
Notes
A. granvikii has been kept apart by some authors owing to the unusually deep lobing of the leaves. It would seem to be the predominant form on Elgon, but has also been collected in Kenya (Elgeyo District: Marakwet Hills, Dale 3402!; Aberdare Mts., Kinangop, Napier 682!) thus there is no very definite regional criterion for distinction. There is a clear range of variation between these very deeply-lobed forms and others such as Humbert 7511! (Belgian Congo, Kanzibi marsh) where the lobes fail to reach half the radius of the lamina, indeed it is scarcely possible—if A. ellenbeckii and A. granvikii are kept apart—to know with which A. hillii should be synonymized. In the apparent absence of any character correlating with that of the leaf-lobing, it seems advisable to relegate A. granvikii to synonymy with A. ellenbeckii subsp. ellenbeckii. A. mildbraedii var. villosa appears from its type description to be merely a hairy form of typical A. ellenbeckii.

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