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Dissotis kundelungensis

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Identification
Antherotoma naudinii Hook,f. [family MELASTOMATACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Wickens,G.E., Dissotis kundelungensis DeWild. [family MELASTOMATACEAE ]
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  • Antherotoma naudinii

Flora

Entry for ANTHEROTOMA naudinii Hook. f. [family MELASTOMATACEAE]
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, (1975) Author: G. E. WICKENS
Names
ANTHEROTOMA naudinii Hook. f. [family MELASTOMATACEAE], in G.P. 1: 745 (1867) & in F.T.A. 2: 444 (1871); Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. 28: 57, t. 4/43 (1871); Gilg in E.M. 2: 9, t. 1/f (1898); V.E. 3 (2): 746, fig. 317/D (1921); F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 1: 247 (1954); Jacques-Félix in Ic. Pl. Afr. 3, No. 51 (1955); A. & R. Fernandes in Mem. Soc. Brot. 11: 8 (1956) & in Bol. Soc. Brot., sér.2, 34: 180 (1960) & in C.F.A. 4: 124 (1970). Types: Madagascar, Bojer & Comoros, Mayotte, Boivin 3418 (both K, syn.!, P, isosyn.)
Osbeckia antherotoma Naud. [family MELASTOMATACEAE], in Ann. Sci. Nat., sér. 3, 13: t. 6/10 (1849) & 14: 56 (1850); Taub. in P.O.A. C: 295 (1895). Type: as for the species
Antherotoma antherotoma (Naud.) Krasser [family MELASTOMATACEAE], in E. & P., Pf. 3, 7: 154 (1893), nom. illegit.
Dissotis kundelungensis De Wild. [family MELASTOMATACEAE], in Ann. Mus. Congo, Bot., sér. 4, 2: 117 (1913). Type: Zaire, Katanga, Kundelungu, Kassner 2731 (BR, holo., BM, K, iso. !)
Information
Erect annual, rarely behaving as a biennial, (2.5–)4–35 cm. high; stem simple or branched, 4–angled, with appressed hairs on the angles, hairs somewhat spreading at the nodes. Leaves decussate, progressively larger towards the inflorescence, often widely spaced (internodes up to 22 cm.); lamina narrowly ovate to oblong-ovate, up to 3.8 cm. long and 1.4 cm. wide, apex obtuse, base cuneate to subtruncate, sparsely strigose above and on the nerves beneath; venation impressed above, prominent beneath, with 3 or 5 ascending nerves; petiole 1–5 mm. long, pilose. Inflorescence terminal or axillary, subtended by 1–2 pairs of leaves, capitate, up to ± 12-flowered; pedicels up to 3 mm. long. Calyx 2.5 mm. long, 2 mm. in diameter, sparsely hairy; lobes narrowly triangular, persistent, 1 mm. long, with reddish stellately arranged bristles at the apex; intersepalar appendages ligulate, with reddish stellately arranged bristles at the apex. Petals 4 mm. long, 3.5 mm. wide, pale mauve, with a tuft of hairs at the apex. Stamens 3.5 mm. long; anthers 0.7 mm. long; free part of connective ± 0.5 mm. long, arched, 2-tubercled at the base. Capsule rounded, 2.5–3 mm. long. Seeds 0.4–0.5 mm. long, very finely papillose. Fig. 3.
Range
DISTR. U1–4; K?2, 3, 5; T1, 3–5, 7, 8 widespread in the forest margins and relic forest areas from Guinée across to Ethiopia and south to Angola and the Transvaal, also Madagascar, where it is believed to have been introduced (Perrier de la Bâthie, Fl. Madag. 153, Melastom.: 7 (1951))
Altitude range
300–2150 m.
Distribution
KENYA W. Suk/Elgeyo Districts Cherangani Hills, 12 Oct. 1961, Bogdan 5280 !KENYA Uasin Gishu District Ol Dane Sapuk, 28 July 1951, Greenway 8553 !KENYA N. Kavirondo District Kakamega Forest, 15 Oct. 1953, Drummond & Hemsley 4758 !TANZANIA Bukoba District Maruku, Panayotis 76 !TANZANIA Buha District Gombe Stream Reserve, Mkenke stream valley, 28 Mar. 1964, Pirozynski 616 !TANZANIA Songea District Matengo Hills, Mpapa, 25 May 1956, Milne-Redhead & Taylor 10442 !UGANDA W. Nile District Aringo County, Chei Hill, Sept. 1937, Eggeling 3410 !UGANDA Ankole District Igara, Mar. 1939, Purseglove 632 !UGANDA Teso District 24 km. Soroti–Moroto, 13 Oct. 1952, Verdcourt 822 !

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