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Bauhinia fassoglensis

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Identification
Tylosema fassoglense (Schweinf.) Torre & Hillc. [family CAESALPINIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Data not digitized, Bauhinia fassoglensis Schweinf. [family CAESALPINIACEAE ] Verified by Data not digitized,
Related name
  • Bauhinia kotschyana
  • Bauhinia scandens
  • Bauhinia fassoglensis
  • Tylosema fassoglensis
  • Bauhinia unrecorded
  • Tylosema fassoglense

Flora

Entry for TYLOSEMA fassoglensis (Schweinf.) Torre & Hillc. [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
TYLOSEMA fassoglensis (Schweinf.) Torre & Hillc. [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE], in Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 29: 38 (1955) & in C.F.A. 2: 198 (1956). Types: Sudan Republic, Fazoghli, Boriani 131 (W, syn.) & Cienkowski 92 (? LE or W, syn.) & Metemma, Gallabat, Schweinfurth 2250, 2252, 2253 (B, syn. †, isosyn. of 2250 at BM!, isosyn. of 2252 at BM ! and K !)
Bauhinia fassoglensis Schweinf. [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE], Reliq. Kotsch.: 14, t. 12, 13 (1868); L.T.A.: 659 (1930); T.S.K.: 62 (1936); W.F.K.: 41 (1948); T.T.C.L.: 87 (1949); Wilczek in F.C.B. 3: 272 (1952); Roti-Michelozzi in Webbia 13: 163 (1957); F.F.N.R.: 99 (1962)
Bauhinia cissoïdes Oliv. [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE], F.T.A. 2: 287 (1871). Type: Angola, Ambaca, Welwitsch 552 (LISU, holo., BM, K, iso. !)
Bauhinia welwitschii Oliv. [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE], F.T.A. 2: 287 (1871). Type: Angola, Pungo Andongo, Tunda Quilombo, Welwitsch 554 (LISU, holo., BM, K, iso. !)
Bauhinia kirkii Oliv. [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE], F.T.A. 2: 288 (1871). Type: Zambia, Batoka highlands, Kirk (K, holo. !)
Bauhinia bainesii Schinz [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE], in Mém. Herb. Boiss. 1:121 (1900). Types: South West Africa, Schinz 2061 (Z, syn.) & Rhodesia, ? Gwelo District, Baines (K, syn. !)
Bauhinia fassoglensis (Oliv.) Bak. f. forma cissoïdes [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE], in J.B. 66, suppl., Polypet.: 139 (1928)
Information
Stems prostrate and trailing, or climbing up to 6 m. or more, herbaceous, or woody below. Young parts ± rusty-tomentose or rusty-pubescent; indumentum becoming greyish, or ± disappearing. Tendrils present, forked. Leaves: petiole 1.5–22 cm. long; blade 5–11.5(–20) cm. long, 5.5–12(–23) cm. wide, usually ± rusty-pubescent beneath especially on nerves, sometimes subglabrous or densely tomentose, shallowly bilobed at apex to about one-tenth to one-third (very rarely to half) the length of the leaf from lobe-ends to junction with petiole; lobes rounded. Racemes: peduncle (2–)5–17.5 cm. long; axis (2–)5–23(–42) cm. long; pedicels (1.5–)2–6 cm. long. Hypanthium 3–8 mm. long. Sepals 1–1.7 cm. long, ± conspicuously keeled along back, the two upper ones fused, the other three free. Petals yellow, fading to pink; the four larger ones obovate to obovate-suborbicular, crinkled-bullate, 2.2–4 cm. long, 1.3–3.3 cm. wide, tapering into a basal claw. Pods 7–12 cm. long, 4.5–7.3 cm. wide. Seeds suborbicular or ellipsoid, 1.7–2.8 cm. long, 1.5–2 cm. wide, chestnut-brown to blackish. Fig. 48.
Range
DISTR. U1–4; K1–7; T1, 3–8 distribution as for the genus
Altitude range
100–1830 m.
Distribution
KENYA Northern Frontier Province Moyale, 28 Apr. 1952, Gillett 12962 !KENYA S. Kavirondo, Nov. 1941, Opiko in Bally 1793!KENYA Teita District Voi, 6 Feb. 1953, Bally 8591 !TANGANYIKA Lushoto District SW. Umba steppe, Bombo, 3 Jan. 1930, Greenway 2032 !TANGANYIKA Mpwapwa, 4 Jan. 1929, M. G. Hornby 54 !TANGANYIKA Lindi District 1.5 km. S. of R. Mbemkuru, 6 Dec. 1955, Milne-Redhead & Taylor 7474 !UGANDA W. Nile District Terego, Apr. 1938, Hazel 485 !UGANDA Mbale District near Busia, W. Bugwe Reserve, 6 Sept. 1950, Dawkins 631 !UGANDA Mengo District Bugerere, Bale, 28 June 1956, Langdale-Brown 2114 !
Notes
VARIATION. This species shows a considerable range of variation in indumentum, leaf-size, length of peduncle and inflorescence-axis, and size of flower. This variation has led to the separation of several alleged species here considered to be synonymous. B. fassoglensis forma cissoïdes has been used for an extreme with the leaves densely tomentose beneath, but there are too many intermediates to make it worth separation. An unusual character shown by T. fassoglensis, and shared with T. argentea, is the frequent presence of some pubescence on the connectives of the fertile anthers.

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