Calyptrotheca stuhlmanniiGilg [family PORTULACACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet., Calyptrotheca taitensis(Pax & Vatke) Brenan [family PORTULACACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
Calyptrotheca stuhlmannii
Calyptrotheca taitensis
Talinum taitense
Flora
Entry for CALYPTROTHECA taitensis (Pax & Vatke) Brenan [family PORTULACACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. G. Gilbert [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Talinum taitensePax & Vatke [family PORTULACACEAE], (1893). [type as above]
Information
Shrub similar to C. somalensis in most features. Leaves obovate to oblong-oblanceolate, 3.5–9(–16) x 1.3–3(–4.5) cm, margins often undulate. Inflorescences always a panicle to 6 cm long, always longer than broad, flowers in ± umbellate clusters. Pedicels 4–6 mm long. Sepals 5–6 mm. Petals usually 5, sometimes up to 11, ovate to oblanceolate, 7–9.5 mm long, yellowish, rarely greenish. Stamens c. 20, c. as long as petals, densely hairy at base. Stigma peltate, 1.5 mm diam. Capsule ovoid, 6–7.5 mm long. Seed ± heart-shaped, c. 4 mm long, glossy black; aril yellowish, 2 mm long.
Range
S3
Altitude range
About 45 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Hemming 412.
Distribution (external)
Kenya
N Tanzania
Notes
Material from the southern end of the range in Tanzania has much longer, relatively narrower leaves than Kenyan material; the only Somali collection seen is leafless, and was said to be collected on saline sandy soil.
