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Anemone whyteana

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Type of Anemone whyteana Baker f. [family RANUNCULACEAE]

Isotype of Anemone whyteana Baker f. [family RANUNCULACEAE]

Knowltonia transvaalensis Szyszyl. var. transvaalensis [family RANUNCULACEAE]

Type of Anemone whyteana Baker f. [family RANUNCULACEAE]

Knowltonia transvaalensis Szyszyl. var. transvaalensis Szyszyl. [family RANUNCULACEAE]

Knowltonia transvaalensis Szyszyl. var. transvaalensis [family RANUNCULACEAE]

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Identification

Anemone whyteana Baker f. [family RANUNCULACEAE ] Knowltonia transvaalensis Szyszyl. [family RANUNCULACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Rasmussen,H., 1979 Knowltonia transvaalensis Szyszyl. [family RANUNCULACEAE ] Verified by Exell,A.W. & Milne-Redhead,E., 1955

Flora

Entry for KNOWLTONIA transvaalensis Szyszyl. [family RANUNCULACEAE]

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

Flora of Tropical East Africa

Reference Sources

Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (1952) Author: E. MILNE-REDHEAD AND W. B. TURRILL

KNOWLTONIA transvaalensis Szyszyl. [family RANUNCULACEAE], Polypet. Thalam. Rehm. 99 (1887). Type: Transvaal, Houtbosh, Rehmann 6402 (?, holo., K, iso.!)

Anemone whyteana Bak.f. [family RANUNCULACEAE], in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, 4, 4 (1894). Type: Nyasaland, Mt. Mlanje, Whyte 100 (BM, holo.! K, iso.!)

Anemone peneënsis Bak.f. [family RANUNCULACEAE], in J. L. S. 40: 16 (1911). Type: Southern Rhodesia, Mt. Pene, Swynnerton 783 (BM, holo.! K, iso.!)

Anemone transvaalensis (Szyszyl.) Burtt-Davy [family RANUNCULACEAE], in Ann. Transv. Mus. 3: 121 (1912)

Knowltonia whytei Engl. [family RANUNCULACEAE], in V.E. 3 (1): 170 (1915), in obs.; sphalm. pro K. whyteana (Bak. f.) Engl.

Knowltonia multiflora Burtt-Davy [family RANUNCULACEAE], in K. B. 1921: 343 (1921); Burtt-Davy, Man. Fl. Pl. Transv. 1: 110 (1926). Type: Transvaal, Lydenburg District, Mac-a-Mac, Mudd (K, holo.!)

Short stout rhizome. Basal leaves biternate to ternate, the segments varying in size and lobing, lobes 2–10 cm. long, 0.8–5 cm. broad; petioles 7–17 cm. long, densely lanate-pubescent towards the base, especially on the sheathing part, with spreading hairs, or rarely glabrous above. Flowering stems 3–8 dm. tall, with dense lanate pubescence towards the base, usually shortly densely pubescent in inflorescence parts. Flowers simply or compoundly “umbellate,” 2–15, usually 2.5–3 cm. in diameter, sweet-scented. Tepals white, sometimes outer tinged with purple. Carpels glabrous.

TANGANYIKA Njombe District Lupembe, 1 Oct. 1931 Schlieben 1242!

Distribution (external)

Southern Rhodesia