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Boscia engleri

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Identification
Boscia engleri Gilg [family CAPPARACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet., Boscia angustifolia Not on sheet. [family CAPPARACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Boscia angustifolia
  • Boscia engleri

Flora

Entry for BOSCIA angustifolia (Gilg) DeWolf var. corymbosa [family CAPPARACEAE]
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, (1964) Author: J. ELFFERS, R. A. GRAHAM AND G. P. DEWOLF
Names
BOSCIA angustifolia (Gilg) DeWolf var. corymbosa [family CAPPARACEAE], in K.B. 16: 82 (1962). Type: Mozambique, Peters (B, holo. !)
BOSCIA corymbosa Gilg [family CAPPARACEAE], in P.O.A. C: 186 (1895); Gilg & Bened. in E.J. 53: 208 (1915); Gilg in V.E. 3(1): 241 (1915); Milne-Redh. in Mem. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 8: 217 (1953); Wild in F.Z. 1: 231, fig. 36/A (1960); F.F.N.R.: 60 (1962)
BOSCIA fischeri Pax [family CAPPARACEAE], in P.O.A. C: 186 (1895); Gilg & Bened. in E.J. 53: 211 (1915); Gilg in V.E. 3(1): 243 (1915); T.T.C.L.: 109 (1949). Types: Kenya/ Tanganyika, locality unknown, Fischer 158 (B, syn.) & 220 (B, syn. !)
BOSCIA caloneura Gilg [family CAPPARACEAE], in E.J. 28: 390 (1900); Gilg & Bened. in E.J. 53: 210 (1915); Gilg in V.E. 3(1): 241 (1915); T.T.C.L.: 109 (1949); Hauman & Wilczek in F.C.B. 2: 509 (1951). Type: Tanganyika, Iringa, Goetze 663 (K, iso. !)
BOSCIA dawei Sprague & M. L. Green [family CAPPARACEAE], in K.B. 1913: 177 (1913); Gilg & Bened. in E.J. 53: 210 (1915); T.T.C.L.: 109 (1949); I.T.U., ed. 2: 72 (1952). Type: Uganda, Ankole, Dawe 383 (K, holo. !)
BOSCIA engleri Gilg [family CAPPARACEAE], in E.J. 53: 212 (1915) & V.E. 3(1): 243, fig. 157 (1915); T.T.C.L.: 109 (1949). Type: Tanganyika, Pare District, between Kihurio and Gonja, Engler 1533 (B, lecto.!)
Information
Leaves distinctly, even though minutely, pubescent beneath.
Range
DISTR. U2; K5, 6; T1–3, 5, 7, 8 Northern and Southern Rhodesia to Bechuanaland
Altitude range
1720–1950 m.
Distribution
KENYA Masai District Loita area, Ol’Pusimoru, 20 Aug. 1936, D. C. Edwards 3110 ! &KENYA Narok District 1937, Rammell in F.D. 3484 !TANGANYIKA Kondoa District near Kolo, 2 Feb. 1928, B. D. Burtt 1315 !;TANGANYIKA Dodoma District Mperembwa, 15 Aug. 1928, Greenway 770 !;TANGANYIKA Chunya District Lupa, 13 Oct. 1932, Geilinger 3013 !UGANDA Ankole District between Mbarara and Sanga, Nov. 1947, Eggeling 5720 ! & Ankole, Dawe 383 ! & Ruizi R., 27 Nov. 1950, Jarrett 124 !
Distribution (external)
Mozambique
Nyasaland
Congo Republic
Notes
Certain examples from Kenya and Tanganyika originally named as B. firma Radlk. are more correctly referable to either var. corymbosa or var. angustifolia.

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