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Astrochlaena kaessneri

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Identification
Astrochlaena kaessneri Rendle [family CONVOLVULACEAE ] Astripomoea malvacea (Vatke) Verdc. [family CONVOLVULACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Astripomoea malvacea
  • Astrochlaena kaessneri

Flora

Entry for ASTRIPOMOEA malvacea (Vatke) Verdc. var. floccosa [family CONVOLVULACEAE]
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, (1963) Author: B. VERDCOURT (East African Herbarium)
Names
ASTRIPOMOEA malvacea (Vatke) Verdc. var. floccosa [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in K.B. 13 : 195 (1958). Type : Kenya, Kitui, Hildebrandt 2758 (B, holo. †)
Ipomoea floccosa Vatke [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in Linnaea 43 : 512 (1882)
Astrochlaena floccosa (Vatke) Hall.f. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in E.J. 18 : 121 (1893); Bak. & Rendle in F.T.A. 4 (2) : 123 (1905)
Astrochlaena stuhlmannii Hall.f. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in E.J.30 : 386 (1901); Bak. & Rendle in F.T.A. 4 (2) : 122 (1905). Type : Tanganyika, “ Zanzibar Coast ”, Ukwere by Kissemo, Stuhlmann 8383 (B, lecto.†)
Astrochlaena kaessneri Rendle [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in F.T.A. 4 (2) : 123 (1905). Type : Kenya, Machakos District, Sani [Savi], Kassner 735 (BM, holo.!, K, iso.!)
Information
Stems erect or subprostrate, 0.6–3.6 m. long, tomentose to densely floccose. Leaves often large; blade ovate, elliptic or broadly rhomboid, usually acute at the apex and cordate or rounded at the base, green but densely pubescent above, very densely and coarsely floccose-tomentose beneath, often yellowish-grey.
Range
DISTR. U2, 3; K1, 4; T2–8
Altitude range
150–1900 m.
Distribution
KENYA Northern Frontier Province Moyale, 23 Apr. 1952, Gillett 12904!KENYA Fort Hall. Jan. 1934, Napier 3138 !KENYA Embu, 23 Jan. 1932, van Someren 1736 !TANGANYIKA Mbulu District Mbulumbul, 26 June 1945, Greenway 7465 ! & Oldeani, 19 June 1935, R. M. Davies 1060! ;TANGANYIKA Lushoto District Makuyuni, 16 Dec. 1935, Koritschoner 1192 !UGANDA Busoga District Namatumba, July 1926, Maitland 1107 !
Distribution (external)
; Mozambique
Nyasaland
Rhodesia
West Africa

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