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Dichapetalum barbosae

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Paratype of Dichapetalum zambesianum Torre [family DICHAPETALACEAE]
Paratype of Dichapetalum barbosae Torre [family DICHAPETALACEAE]
Isotype of Dichapetalum barbosae Torre [family DICHAPETALACEAE]
Isotype of Dichapetalum barbosae Torre [family DICHAPETALACEAE]
Paratype of Dichapetalum zambesianum Torre [family DICHAPETALACEAE]
Holotype of Dichapetalum barbosae Torre [family DICHAPETALACEAE]
Holotype of Dichapetalum zambesianum Torre [family DICHAPETALACEAE]
Paratype of Dichapetalum zambesianum Torre [family DICHAPETALACEAE]
Paratype of Dichapetalum barbosae Torre [family DICHAPETALACEAE]
Paratype of Dichapetalum zambesianum Torre [family DICHAPETALACEAE]
Paratype of Dichapetalum barbosae Torre [family DICHAPETALACEAE]
Paratype of Dichapetalum zambesianum Torre [family DICHAPETALACEAE]
Paratype of Dichapetalum barbosae Torre [family DICHAPETALACEAE]
Isotype of Dichapetalum zambesiacum Torre [family DICHAPETALACEAE]
Paratype of Dichapetalum zambesianum Torre [family DICHAPETALACEAE]
Filed as Dichapetalum barbosae Torre [family DICHAPETALACEAE]
Isotype of Dichapetalum zambesiacum Torre [family DICHAPETALACEAE]
Isotype of Dichapetalum barbosae Torre [family DICHAPETALACEAE]
Isotype of Dichapetalum sp. [family DICHAPETALACEAE]
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Name

Identification
Dichapetalum barbosae Torre [family DICHAPETALACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Breteler, F.J., Dichapetalum zambesianum Torre [family DICHAPETALACEAE ] Verified by Torre, A.,
Related name
  • Dichapetalum zambesianum
  • Dichapetalum barbosae
  • Dichapetalum zambesiacum
  • Dichapetalum sp.

Flora

Entry for Dichapetalum barbosae Torre [family DICHAPETALACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 2, Part 1, page 319, (1963) Author: A. R. Torre
Names
Dichapetalum barbosae Torre [family DICHAPETALACEAE], in Bol. Soc. Brot., Sér. 2, 36: 68, t. 2 (1962). Type: Mozambique, Cabo Delgado, Macomia, Barbosa 2035 (LISC, holotype).
Information
Scandent shrub; branches and branchlets terete, pubescent; bark longitudinally striate, covered with small and numerous lenticels. Leaves 5–12 × 2–5 cm., oblong-elliptic or oblong, papyraceous, glabrous on both surfaces, subacute or obtuse at the apex, subrounded or obtuse at the base; lateral nerves 5–6 pairs, slightly conspicuous above, prominent below; petiole c. 5 mm. long, pubescent or glabrescent; stipules c. 2 mm. long, subulate, caducous. Inflorescence cymose, short, axillary; peduncle 1–3 mm. long, free; pedicels c. 1 mm. long, articulated at the base of calyx; bracts small, caducous. Sepals c. 3 mm. long, oblong, tomentose. Petals c. 4 mm. long, lanceolate, pubescent, glabrous at the apex, 2-lobed. Stamens c. 4 mm. long. Ovary tomentose; style c. 3·5 mm. long, pubescent, shortly 3-lobed. Fruit c. 1·5 × 1 cm., subellipsoid, densely and shortly whitish-tomentose.
Habitat
In dry bush and on margins of rivers.
Range
Known only from Mozambique
Distribution
Mozambique MS Cheringoma, Serração de Cardoso Lopes, about 70 km. from Beira, fr. 17.ix.1943, Torre 5907 (LISC).Mozambique Z Maganja da Costa, fr. (immat.) viii.1908, Sim 5705 (PRE).Mozambique N Cabo Delgado, Macomia, between Ingoane and Quiterajo, fl. 12.ix.1948, Barbosa 2085 (COI; K; LISC).

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