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Alsodeia brachypetala

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Name

Identification
Alsodeia brachypetala Turcz. [family VIOLACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Rinorea woermanniana (Büttner) Engl. [family VIOLACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by G. Achoundong, 2003
Related name
  • Rinorea varia
  • Rinorea elliotii
  • Alsodeia brachypetala
  • Alsodeia welwitschii
  • Rinorea welwitschii
  • Alsodeia decipeins
  • Rinorea woermanniana
  • Alsodeia unrecorded
  • Rinorea gabunensis
  • Rinorea brachypetala
  • Rinorea parviflora
  • Alsodeia decipiens

Flora

Entry for ALSODEIA brachypetala Turcz. [family VIOLACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 1, page 104, (1868) Author: (by Prof. Oliver).
Names
ALSODEIA brachypetala Turcz. [family VIOLACEAE], in Bull. Mosc. xxxvi. 558.
Information
A shrub of 2–4 ft.; the extremities pubescent or glabrate. Leaves obovate obovate-elliptical or broadly oblanceolate, shortly acuminate or cuspidate, cuneate or rather obtuse at the base, broadly crenate crenulate or subentire, glabrous, 5–8 in. long, 2–3(–4) in. broad; petiole very various, 1/3–1 1/2(–2 1/2) in. Flowers in short terminal racemes, or racemose usually pilose panicles of 1–3 in. Pedicels very short or flowers subsessile, often 3–5 together, on short lateral branches (1–2 lines) of the panicle, usually more or less recurved. Sepals ovate obtuse, pilose or glabrate. Staminal tube apparently not produced above the insertion of the anthers. Connective broad ovate obtuse; anterior cells scarcely or but shortly produced, minutely 2-fid or entire.
Distribution
Congo Lower Guinea C. Smith! Burton!Angola Lower Guinea prov. Golungo Alto, Dr. Welwitsch!Gaboon Upper Guinea Mann!

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