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Capparis roseiflora

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Identification
Capparis roseiflora Gilg & Benedict [family CAPPARACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet., Capparis sepiaria Not on sheet. [family CAPPARACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Capparis roseiflora
  • Capparis sepiaria

Flora

Entry for CAPPARIS sepiaria (Gilg) DeWolf var. rivae [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
CAPPARIS sepiaria (Gilg) DeWolf var. rivae [family CAPPARACEAE], in K.B. 16: 81 (1962). Type: Ethiopia, Sidamo Borama, between Tumpe and Ciaffe, Riva 564 (B, holo. !)
CAPPARIS rivae Gilg [family CAPPARACEAE], in Ann. Ist. Bot. Roma 6: 89 (1896); F.P.U.: 49 (1962)
CAPPARIS mildbraedii Gilg [family CAPPARACEAE], in Z.A.E.: 217, t. 18/F–H (1911); Gilg & Bened. in E.J. 53: 195 (1915); Hauman & Wilczek in F.C.B. 2: 464 (1951). Type: Rwanda Republic, Nyawarungu [Nyavarongo] R., Mildbraed 688 (B, holo. !)
CAPPARIS roseiflora Gilg & Bened. [family CAPPARACEAE], in E.J. 53: 193 (1915). Type: Congo Republic, E. Lake Kivu, Tschangusi I., Mildbraed 1099 (B, holo. !)
CAPPARIS victoriae-nyanzae Brenan [family CAPPARACEAE], in K.B. 4: 71 (1949) & T.T.C.L.: 113 (1949). Type: Tanganyika, Mwanza District, Nyegezi, Rounce 307 (K, holo. !)
CAPPARIS mildbraedii (Gilg & Bened.) Hauman var. roseiflora [family CAPPARACEAE], in F.C.B. 2: 464 (1951)
Information
Twigs, petioles and leaves generally spreading-pubescent. Leaves leathery, with the margin sometimes revolute. Flowers in 8–many-flowered corymbose clusters; pedicels and sepals generally spreading-pubescent. Gynophore, in fruit, ± 1 mm. in diameter.
Range
DISTR. U2; K1, 5; T1, 2
Altitude range
1200–1800 m.
Distribution
KENYA Northern Frontier Province Mt. Kulal, 9 Oct. 1947, Bally 5529 !KENYA Central Kavirondo District Ngipa, 30 Sept. 1956, Padwa 456 !TANGANYIKA Mwanza District Nyegezi, 10 Apr. 1933, Rounce 307 !;TANGANYIKA Masai District Ngorongoro, 13 Nov. 1932, Geilinger 3688 !UGANDA Ankole District Ruizi R., 15 Nov. 1950, Jarrett 89 !
Distribution (external)
; southern Ethiopia
Rwanda
Burundi
eastern Congo Republics
Notes
In its pubescence, which is variable in colour and quantity, var. rivae bears some resemblance to C. tomentosa Lam., from which it is readily distinguished by its smaller flowers and fruits.

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