Compilation
Baikiaea eminii
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Name
Identification
Isotype of Baikiaea eminii Taub. [family LEGUMINOSAE ] Verified by Not on sheet., Baikiaea ghesquiereana J.Léonard [family LEGUMINOSAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
- Baikiaea ghesquiereana
- Baikiaea eminii
Flora
Entry for BAIKIAEA insignis (Oliv.) J. Léon. subsp. minor [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE]
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, (1967) Author: J. P. M. Brenan
Names
BAIKIAEA insignis (Oliv.) J. Léon. subsp. minor [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE], in F.C.B. 3: 301 (1952) & in Mém. 8°, Classe Sci., Acad. Roy. Belg. 30(2): 73 (1957). Types: Congo Republic, without exact locality, Smith (BM, syn.) & Burton (K, syn. !)
BAIKIAEA minor Oliv. [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE], F.T.A. 2: 309 (1871); L.T.A.: 705 (1930); I.T.U., ed. 2: 57 (1952); Torre & Hillcoat in C.F.A. 2: 218 (1956)
BAIKIAEA eminii Taub. [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE], in P.O.A. C: 198 (1895); L.T.A.: 705 (1930); T.T.C.L.: 87 (1949); J. Léon. in B.J.B.B. 21: 129 (1951) & F.C.B. 3: 302 (1952). Types: Tanganyika, Bukoba, Stuhlmann 1012 (B, lecto. †. FHO, isolecto. !) & 1599 (B, syn. †, FHO, isosyn. !) & Bukoba District, Kafuro, Stuhlmann 1695a (B, syn. †, FHO, isosyn. !)
Information
Petiole with rhachis (1.5–)3.5–17 cm. long; petiolules 3–9(–10) mm. long; leaflets (3.5–)5.5–18.5(–23) cm. long, (1.5)2.7–11 cm. wide. Sepals 3.5–8.5 cm. long. Petals 6–10(–11.5, fide F.C.B.) cm. long, 3.5–6(–7, fide F.C.B.) cm. wide. Stamen-filaments 6–11(–12, fide F.C.B.) cm. long. Fig. 18, p. 110.
Range
DISTR. U2–4; T1, 4
Altitude range
1140-1250 m.
Distribution
TANGANYIKA Bukoba District Kabirizi, Oct. 1931, Haarer 2250! & Minziro Forest, 5 Oct. 1953, Willan 32 !TANGANYIKA Mwanza District Geita, Samina, July 1951, Eggeling 6259 !TANGANYIKA Buha District Malagarasi ferry, June 1955, Procter 414 !UGANDA Ankole District Kagera R. banks between Nsongezi and Ruborogota, Oct. 1932, Eggeling 680 in F.H. 1054 !UGANDA Busoga District near Busia on Mjanji road, Oct. 1939, Dale U33 !UGANDA Masaka District Lake Nabugabo, Oct. 1932, Eggeling 591 in F.H. 966 !
Distribution (external)
; ? Cameroun Republic (fide F.C.B.)
Gabon
Cabinda
Congo Republic
Angola
Notes
Subsp. insignis differs from subsp. minor by having most organs, including the flowers, generally considerably larger. It occurs in Nigeria, Fernando Po, the Cameroun Republic, Gabon and the Congo Republic, but not in the Flora area. VARIATION. Subsp. minor as it occurs in the Flora area is atypical of the subspecies in having a dark or blackish-brown indumentum over the outside of the calyx, ovary and pod, as in subsp. insignis. In typical subsp. minor it is a paler more rusty brown. Léonard has suggested (in F.C.B. 3: 302 (1952)) that subsp. minor in East Africa may be an eastern upland ecotype.