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Cycnium camporum

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Identification
Isotype of Cycnium camporum Engl. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE ] Verified by Hansen,O.J., Cycnium adonense (Engl.) O.J.Hansen [family SCROPHULARIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Hansen,O.J.,
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  • Cycnium camporum
  • Cycnium adonense

Flora

Entry for Cycnium adonense O.J.Hansen subsp. camporum [family SCROPHULARIACEAE]
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, (2008) Author: S.A. GHAZANFAR, F.N. HEPPER & D. PHILCOX
Names
Cycnium adonense O.J.Hansen subsp. camporum [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], in Dansk Bot. Arkiv 32(3): 53, figs 28c–d, 34 (1978). Type: Sudan, Djur country, Wau R., Schweinfurth 1645 (K!, lecto.; P, S, isolecto.)
Cycnium camporum Engl. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], in E.J. 18: 73 (1843); Skan in F.T.A. 4(2): 432 (1906); Cufodontis in B.J.B.B. 33: 906 (1963); Hepper in F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 2: 373 (1963)
Cycnium dewevrei De Wild. & Durand [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], in Compt. Rend. Soc. Bot. Belge 38: 129 (1899). Type: Congo-Kinshasa(?), Dewèvre 401 (BR, holo.)
Information
Stems usually erect or ascending, rarely prostrate. Calyx tube 5–25(–30) mm long and 4–10 mm broad. Corolla tube 30–55(–60) mm long; limb 25–50 mm in diameter. Filaments of shorter pair of stamens 3–8 mm long, those of longer pair 6–13 mm long. Ovary 2–4 mm long; style 6–13(–24) mm long, including the 2.5–12 mm long stigma.
Range
DISTR. U 1–4; K 5; T 4, 7 Guinea to Congo-Brazzaville, Central African Republic, Congo-Kinshasa, Burundi, Ethiopia, Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe
Altitude range
0–2500 m
Distribution
KENYA N Kavirondo District Kakamega Forest, 17 Apr. 1965, Gillett 16676! & 11 Apr. 1973, Hansen 912!KENYA S Kavirondo District Utembe, 9 Sept. 1933, Napier 5350!TANZANIA Mpanda District Silkcub Highlands, 4 Apr. 1956, Richards 7143!TANZANIA Ufipa District Mbizi Forest, 26 Nov. 1958, Napper 1053!TANZANIA Rungwe District Mbosi, 14 Nov. l932, Davies 671!UGANDA Ankole District Bugambe, Feb. 1943, Purseglove 1244!UGANDA Busoga District Kiumu Hill, N of Jinja, 4 Sept. 1952, G.H.S. Wood 361!UGANDA Mengo District Mabira Forest, Chagwe, (fl.) Dec. (fr.) Mar., Ussher 17!
Notes
USES. None recorded on specimens from our area. CONSERVATION Least Concern (LC); widespread and common

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