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Clematopsis simplicifolia

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Identification
Isotype of Clematopsis simplicifolia Hutch. & Summerh. [family RANUNCULACEAE ] Verified by Brummit,R.K., 1999 Clematopsis uhehensis (Engl.) Hutch. [family RANUNCULACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Clematopsis villosa
  • Clematis uhehensis
  • Clematopsis simplicifolia
  • Clematopsis uhehensis
  • Clematopsis scabrosifolia

Flora

Entry for CLEMATOPSIS uhehensis (Engl.) Staner & Léonard [family RANUNCULACEAE]
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, (1952) Author: E. MILNE-REDHEAD AND W. B. TURRILL
Names
CLEMATOPSIS uhehensis (Engl.) Staner & Léonard [family RANUNCULACEAE], in B.S.B.B. 82: 342 (1950). Type: Tanganyika, Iringa District, Utschungwe Mts. near Kissinga, Goetze 579 (B, holo.!)
Clematis uhehensis Engl. [family RANUNCULACEAE], in E. J. 28: 387 (1900)
Clematopsis simplicifolia Hutch. & Summerh. [family RANUNCULACEAE], in K.B. 1925: 361 (1925). Type: Tanganyika, Rungwe Mt., Stolz 2514 (K, holo.!)
Information
Perennial, with erect stems sometimes woody at the base, 4–9 dm. tall, strongly longitudinally striate, with spreading shaggy hairs. Leaves simple, ovate, up to 9 cm. long and 5.5 cm. broad, sessile or shortly petioled, coarsely and somewhat irregularly dentate, or sometimes obscurely lobed, with distinct scattered hairs. Flowers mostly solitary at the ends of the stems, 6.5–12 cm. in diameter. Sepals spreading, softly hairy on both surfaces, white tinged mauve to purplish rose. Fruit unknown.
Range
DISTR. T7 endemic in Southern Highlands of Tanganyika
Altitude range
1800–2800 m.
Distribution
TANGANYIKA Rungwe District Mt. Rungwe, 11 Mar. 1932, St. Clair-Thompson 831!

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