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Canthium rubrocostatum

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Identification
Isotype of Canthium rubrocostatum Robyns [family RUBIACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Psydrax parviflora (Afz.) Bridson [family RUBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Psydrax parviflora
  • Canthium rubrocostatum

Flora

Entry for Psydrax parviflora subsp. rubrocostata Robyns Bridson [family RUBIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 5, Part 2, (1998) Author: D. Bridson
Names
Psydrax parviflora subsp. rubrocostata Robyns Bridson [family RUBIACEAE], in Kew Bull. 40: 702 (1985); in F.T.E.A., Rubiaceae: 898 (1991). —Beentje, Kenya Trees, Shrubs Lianas: 539 (1994). Type from Kenya.
Canthium rubrocostatum Robyns [family RUBIACEAE], in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 616 (1929). —Bullock in Bull. Misc. Inform., Kew 1932: 373 (1932). —Brenan, Check-list For. Trees Shrubs Tang. Terr.: 488 (1949). —Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees & Shrubs: 432 (1961).
Canthium melanophengos [family RUBIACEAE], sensu Bullock in Bull. Misc. Inform., Kew 1932: 375 (1932), pro parte.
Information
Shrub or tree, 6–18(24) m tall.Leaves often drying brownish; blades 3.3–6.8 cm wide, oblong-elliptic or sometimes broadly elliptic or ovate, acuminate at apex, obtuse or rounded at base, with midrib conspicuously red; domatia ciliate; petioles 6–10 mm long.Corymbs 20–40-flowered, 2–4 cm across.Calyx glabrous to glabrescent; limb 0.5–0.75 mm long, always shorter than calyx tube.Corolla tube 2–3 mm long.Fruit 10–14 mm wide.
Habitat
In Afromontane evergreen rain forest
Altitude range
1800–2000 m.
2000
1800
Distribution
Malawi N Misuku Hills, Mughesse Forest, sterile 1.iii.1983, Dowsett-Lemaire 668 (K).
Distribution (external)
Uganda
Kenya
Tanzania
Sudan

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