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Identification
Annona stenophylla (Exell) N.Robson [family ANNONACEAE ] (stored under name); Annona nana Exell [family ANNONACEAE ]
Related name
  • Annona nana
  • Annona huillensis
  • Annona senegalensis
  • Annona pygmaea
  • Annona stenophylla

Flora

Entry for Annona stenophylla subsp. nana Exell N. Robson [family ANNONACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 1, Part 1, page 104, (1960) Author: N. K. B. Robson
Names
Annona nana Exell [family ANNONACEAE], in Journ. of Bot. 64, Suppl. Polypet.: 5 (1926). — Robyns & Ghesq., tom. cit.: 43, fig. 7 (1934) — Exell & Mendonça, C.F.A. 1, 1: 29 (1937). — Boutique, F.C.B. 2: 276 (1951). Type as for A. stenophylla subsp. nana.
Annona senegalensis var. subsessilifolia Engl. [family ANNONACEAE], in Engl. & Diels, tom. cit.: 80 (1901). Type from Angola (Bié).
Annona senegalensis var. rhodesiaca Engl. & Diels [family ANNONACEAE], in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 39: 484 (1907). — Eyles in Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Afr. 5: 354 (1916). Syntypes: S. Rhodesia, near Salisbury, Engler 3080 (B†); Matopos, Marloth 3376 (B†).
Annona stenophylla subsp. nana Exell N. Robson [family ANNONACEAE], tom. cit.: 162 (1958). TAB. 15 fig. C. Type: S. Rhodesia, Salisbury, Rand 1342 (BM).
Annona nana var. subsessilifolia Engl. Exell & Mendonça [family ANNONACEAE], C.F.A. 1, 1: 29 (1937). Type as for A. senegalensis var. subsessilifolia.
Annona cuneata var. rhodesiaca Engl. & Diels R.E.Fr. [family ANNONACEAE], in Bot. Notis. 1934: 93 (1934). — Suesseng. in Proc. & Trans. Rhod. Sci. Ass. 43: 86 (1951). Type as for A. senegalensis var. rhodesiaca.
Annona nana var. katangensis Robyns & Ghesq. [family ANNONACEAE], tom. cit.: 46 (1934). — Boutique, F.C.B. 2: 276 (1951). Type from the Belgian Congo (Katanga).
Annona cuneata var. subsessilifolia Engl. R.E.Fr. [family ANNONACEAE], in Bot. Notis. 1934: 93 (1934) (\"subsessiliflora\" sphalm.). Type as for A. senegalensis var. subsessilifolia.
Annona nana var. oblonga Robyns & Ghesq. [family ANNONACEAE], tom. cit.: 46 (1934). — Exell & Mendonça, C.F.A. 1, 1: 29 (1937). Type from Angola (Huila).
Annona nana var. sessilifolia Exell [family ANNONACEAE], tom. cit.: 6 (1926). Type from Angola. (Bié).
Annona senegalensis var. cuneata [family ANNONACEAE], sensu Bak. f. in Journ. Linn. Soc., Bot. 40: 18 (1911).
Information
Stems simple or more rarely with a few ascending branches, densely pubescent-tomentose to sparsely puberulous. Leaf-lamina 5.8–12 (15.2) x (2.2) 2.6–6.7 cm., mostly 2–3 times as long as broad, oblong to obovate or elliptic-oblong, rounded to emarginate at the apex, rounded or more rarely cuneate at the base, sparsely to rather densely pubescent above, sparsely pubescent to densely lanuginous below (very rarely wholly glabrous), with yellow to reddish-purple venation; petiole 1–7 (10) mm. long.
Habitat
Often in frequently burnt grassland, swamp margins and cleared woodland, usually on sand
Altitude range
c. 1000–1500 m.
1500
1000
Distribution
Zimbabwe S Victoria Distr., st. 1909, Monro 305 (BM; SRGH).Zimbabwe E Inyanga, fl. 29.x.1930, F.N. & W. 2385 (BM; PRE; SRGH).Zimbabwe C Marandellas, Grasslands Expt. Station, fl. 21.x.1945, Rattray 740 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe W Nyamandhlovu, Umgusa R., fl. x.1929, Pardy 4612 (BM; FHO; K; SRGH).Zambia S Livingstone, Dambwa Forest Reserve, st. 12.i.1952, White 3235 (FHO; K).Zambia C Mkushi, fl. 24.ix.1957, Fanshawe 3714 (K).Zambia W Muzera R., 16 km. W. of Kakoma, fl. 28.ix.1952, White 3397 (FHO; K).Zambia N Mpundu dambo, fr. 23.x.1949, Bullock 1355 (K).Mozambique T Angónia, Vila Mousinho, fl. 15.x.1943, Torre 6045 (BM; LISC).Zimbabwe N Miami Settlement Area, fl. & fr. 22.xi.1944, Hopkins in GHS 13057 (K; SRGH).Zambia B Sesheke Distr., fl. & fr., Macaulay 110 (K).
Distribution (external)
Belgian Congo (Katanga)
Angola
SW. Africa (? including Caprivi)
Notes
R.E. Fries (tom. cit.: 47 (1914)) records this subspecies from the Caprivi Strip, but so far no specimens from that region have been seen.

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