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Bartsia macrophylla

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Name

Identification
Bartsia macrophylla Hedberg [family SCROPHULARIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Bartsia macrophylla
  • Bartsia longiflora

Flora

Entry for Bartsia longiflora subsp. longiflora [family SCROPHULARIACEAE]
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, (2008) Author: S.A. GHAZANFAR, F.N. HEPPER & D. PHILCOX
Names
Bartsia longiflora subsp. longiflora [family SCROPHULARIACEAE]
Bartsia similis Hemsl. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], in F.T.A. 4(2): 461 (1906). Type: Tanzania, Kilimanjaro, Kifinika Volcano, Sept. 1893, Volkens 926 (K!, holo.; BM!, E!, G, iso.)
Bartsia keniensis Standl. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], in Smithson. Misc. Coll. 68(5): 16 (1917). Type: Kenya, W slopes of Mt Kenya, Sept. 1909, Mearns 1487 (US, holo.)
Bartsia macrophylla Cuf. subsp. gughensis [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], in Senck. Biol. 46: 93 (1965). Type: Ethiopia, Gamu-Gofa, Mt Dita, Kuls 745 (FR, holo.)
Information
Leavesmostly 3–­5 times as long aswide; calyx densely glandular-puberulous; corolla tube 20–­30 mm long; corolla more than twice as long as the calyx. Fig. 50, p. 193.
Range
DISTR. U 3; K 1, 3, 4; T 2
Altitude range
700–3500 m
Distribution
KENYA Northern Frontier District Mt Nyiru, S end of Lake Rudolf, June 1935, Jex-Blake 35!KENYA Naivasha District S Kinangop, Chamya valley, 4 Sept. 1965, Gillett 16888!KENYA Nanyuki District W slope of Mt Kenya, Naro–Moru track, 1 Oct. 1967, Hedberg 4269!TANZANIA Arusha District Mt Meru, western slopes above Olkakola estate, 31 Oct. 1948, Hedberg 1553!; Mt Meru, Arusha National Park, 6 Oct. 1977, Raynal 19469! & Kilimanjaro, Mweika route, 9 Oct. 1966, V.C. Gilbert G91!UGANDA Mbale District Bulambuli, Bugishu, 4 Sept. 1932, A.S. Thomas 538!UGANDA Mt Elgon, Sasa trail on W approach, 23 Sept. 1997, Lye & Pócs in Lye 23072! & W slope above Butadiri, 2 Dec. 1967, Hedberg 4459!
Distribution (external)
Ethiopia
Yemen
Notes
USES. None recorded on specimens from our area. CONSERVATION Least Concern (LC); widespread in the mountains of E Tropical Africa

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