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Bridelia scleroneuroides

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Name

Identification
Isotype of Bridelia paxii Gehrm. [family PHYLLANTHACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Bridelia scleroneuroides Pax [family PHYLLANTHACEAE ] Verified by J. Hutchinson, Bridelia scleroneura Mull.Arg. [family PHYLLANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Govaerts, 2000
Related name
  • Bridelia paxii
  • Bridelia scleroneura
  • Bridelia angolensis
  • Bridelia scleroneuroides

Flora

Entry for Bridelia scleroneura Müll. Arg. [family EUPHORBIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 2,
Names
Bridelia scleroneura Müll. Arg. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in Flora 47: 515 (1864); F.T.A. 6, 1: 614; Chev. Bot. 554.
Bridelia scleroneuroides Pax [family EUPHORBIACEAE], (1893)
Bridelia tenuifolia [family EUPHORBIACEAE], of AubrévFlForSoud.-Guin179–182, t4.
Information
Asavannahshrub or tree, to 15 ft. high, or more; flowers in small axillary clusters, red in bud, yellow when open.
Habitat
savannah
Range
Extends to A.-E. Sudan, E. Africa and Belgian Congo
Distribution
Fr. G. Irébéléya to Timbo (Sept.) Chev. 18295.Iv. C. Boromo Aubrév. 2198.G. C. Sambisi Kitson 544! Prang (June) Vigne FH 3903!Togo Sansanné Mango Aubrév. 131d.Fr. Nig. Gourma Chev. 24515.N. Nig. Nupe Barter 908! Sokoto (May) Lely 827! Zaria (Aug.) Keay FHI 28009! Abinsi (Oct.) Dalz. 7841 Yola (fl. 8 fr. July) Dalz. 162!S. Nig. Onitsha Barter 577!

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