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Allophylus tenuis

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Name

Identification
Allophylus rubifolius (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Engl. [family SAPINDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Verdcourt, B., Isotype of Allophylus tenuis Radlk. [family SAPINDACEAE ] Verified by Verdcourt, B., Schmidelia repanda Baker [family SAPINDACEAE ]
Related name
  • Schmidelia repanda
  • Allophylus rubifolius
  • Allophylus tenuis

Flora

Entry for ALLOPHYLUS rubifolius (Baker) Friis & Vollesen var. alnifolius [family SAPINDACEAE]
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, (1998) Author: DAVIES & B. VERDCOURT
Names
ALLOPHYLUS rubifolius (Baker) Friis & Vollesen var. alnifolius [family SAPINDACEAE], in K.B. 51: 802 (1996). Type: Mozambique, locality uncertain, Forbes (K!, holo., BM!, K!, iso.)
Schmidelia alnifolia Baker [family SAPINDACEAE], in F.T.A. 1: 422 (1868)
Schmidelia repanda Baker [family SAPINDACEAE], in F.T.A. 1: 422 (1868). Types: Mozambique, R. Rovuma, Kirk & Lower Chire [Shire] valley, Kirk & Chire [Shire], Elephant Marsh, Meller (all K!, syn.)
Allophylus repandus (Baker) Engl. [family SAPINDACEAE], in E.J. 17: 160 (1893); Baker f. in J.B. 57: 185 (1919)
Allophylus alnifolius (Baker) Radlk. [family SAPINDACEAE], in E. & P. Pf. III, 5: 313 (1895); Baker f. in J.B. 57: 159 (1919); Radlk. in E.P. IV, 165: 521 (1932); Chiov., Fl. Somala 2: 145 (1932); T.T.C.L.: 553 (1949); Hauman in F.C.B. 9: 304 (1960); K.T.S.: 504 (1961); Exell in F.Z. 2: 501, t. 100/7 (1966); Exell & Sousa in Fl. Moçamb. 51: 7 (1973); Vollesen in Fl. Ethiopia 3: 502, adnot. (1990)
Allophylus kilimandscharicus Taub. [family SAPINDACEAE], in P.O.A. C: 249 (1895); Radlk. in Sitz. Akad. Wiss. München 38: 218 (1909) & in E.P. IV, 165: 519 (1932); T.T.C.L.: 553 (1949); Beentje, K.T.S.L.: 413, map (1994). Type: Tanzania, Kilimanjaro, Useri, in the Tarakia [Karrakia] gorge, Volkens 2003 (B†, holo.) – Radlkofer also added Endlich 148 from Ol Molog in his later reference (see notes)
Schmidelia minutiflora Mattei [family SAPINDACEAE], in Boll. Ort. Bot. Palermo 7: 179 (1908) & in F.R. 9: 346 (1911); Baker f. in J.B. 57: 159 adnot. (1919). Type: Ethiopia, Giumbo, Goscia, Macaluso (PAL, holo.) (e descr.)
Allophylus tenuis Radlk. [family SAPINDACEAE], in Sitz. Akad. Wiss. München 38: 218 (1909) & in E.P. IV, 165: 520 (1932); K.T.S.: 506 (1961). Type: Kenya, Teita District, Ndi, Hildebrandt 2562 (B†, holo., BM!, K!, iso.)
Information
Mature leaves almost entirely glabrous save for scattered hairs on venation; leaflets in common coastal form small, 0.9–3.5 cm. long, 0.7–2.8 cm. wide, rounded-obovate, mostly emarginate to rounded at the apex, but longer-leaved forms have also been referred here with leaflets up to 5.5–7.5×3–4 cm. and acute at the apex. Inflorescences typically short, 4–5 cm. long, but much longer in some forms.
Range
DISTR. U 1; K 1–5, 7; T 2, 3, 6; Z
Altitude range
0–700 m., but intermediates in Juniperus forest etc. at 1000–1400(–1900) m.
Distribution
KENYA Kitui, May 1877, Hildebrandt 2872!KENYA Teita District 80 km. on Mombasa–Voi road, Nov. 1937, Dale 3760!KENYA Tana River District 50 km. S. of Garsen, Kurawa, 25 Sept. 1961, Polhill & Paulo 576!TANZANIA Pangani District Mkwaja, Mkaramo, 8 Jan. 1957, Tanner 3373!TANZANIA Bagamoyo District Kikoka Forest Reserve, 6 Mar. 1966, Mgaza 848!TANZANIA Uzaramo District Kisarawe, Banda Forest Reserve, Dec. 1964, Procter 2809!TANZANIA Zanzibar , Toms 26!UGANDA Karamoja District Nabilatuk to Lolacat (?Loliakat), 15 June 1957, Dyson-Hudson 205! (intermediate)
Distribution (external)
; Ethiopia
Somalia
Mozambique

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