Compilation
Dombeya gamwelliae
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Name
Identification
Dombeya gamwelliae Exell [family MALVACEAE ] Dombeya burgessiae Gerrard ex Harv. [family MALVACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Jameson Henry Seyani,
Related name
- Dombeya burgessiae
- Dombeya gamwelliae
Flora
Entry for Dombeya burgessiae Harv. [family ]
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, Author: MARTIN CHEEK AND LAURENCE DORR
Names
Dombeya burgessiae Harv. [family ], Fl. Capensis 2: 590 (1862); Mast., F.T.A. 1: 228 (1868); K. Schum. in E.M. 5: 28 (1900); Wild in F.Z. 1: 522 (1961); Bamps in F.C.B. 10: 246 (1963); Seyani, Dombeya: 104 (1982) & Dombeya in Africa: 66 (1991); Blundell, Wild Fl. E Africa: t. 52 (1987); K.T.S.L. 163, map (1994). Types: South Africa, Zululand, McKen s.n. (TCD, syn.); Klip River, Natal, Gerrard s.n. (TCD, lecto., chosen by Seyani, 1988; K, isolecto.)
Dombeya mastersii Hook.f. [family ], Bot. Mag. t. 5639 (1867); Mast., F.T.A. 1: 228 (1868); K. Schum. in E.M. 5: 26 (1900); T.T.C.L. 596 (1949). Type: cultivated, origin unknown
Dombeya tanganyikensis Baker [family ], in K.B. 1897: 244 (1897); K. Schum in E.M. 5: 40 (1900); Wild in F.Z. 1: 523, t. 98 f. A. (1961); Bamps in F.C.B. 10: 246 (1963). Type: Malawi, Fort Hill, 3,000-4,000 ft., Whyte s.n. (K, holo.)
Dombeya johnstonii Baker [family ], in K.B. 1898: 301 (1898); K. Schum. in E.M. 5: 33 (1900); T.T.C.L. 595 (1949); F.Z. 1: 523 (1961). Types: Malawi, Mpata–Tanganyika Plateau, Whyte s.n. (K, syn.); Nyika Plateau, Whyte s.n. (K, syn.)
Dombeya calantha K.Schum. [family ], in E.M. 5: 28 (1900); Sprague in Bot. Mag. t. 8424 (1912); Wild in F.Z. 1: 524 (1961). Type: Malawi, Zomba, Whyte & McClounie s.n. (K, holo.)
Dombeya lasiostylis K.Schum. [family ], in E.M. 5: 24 (1900); Wild in F.Z. 1: 524 (1961). Type: Malawi, Muata Manja, Kirk s.n. (B holo†; K iso.)
Dombeya parvifolia K. Schum. [family ], in E.M. 5: 30 (1900). Type: Uganda, Masaka District: Buddu, Scott Elliot 7475 bis (K, holo.)
Dombeya platypoda K.Schum. [family ], in E.M. 5: 29 (1900); T.T.C.L. 596 (1949). Type: Zambia, Tanganyika Plateau, Fwambo, Carson s.n. (K, holo.)
Dombeya kindtiana De Wild. [family ], in B.S.B.B. 40: 14 (1901). Type: Congo-Kinshasa, Lukafu, Verdick 542 (BR, holo.)
Dombeya auriculata K.Schum. [family ], in E.J. 30: 352 (1901); V.E. 3 (2): 427, t. 197 (1921); T.T.C.L. 595 (1949). Type: Tanzania, Usafua, Poroto Mts, Goetze 1285 (B†, holo.; BR, iso.)
Dombeya dawei Sprague [family ], in J.L.S. 37: 501 (1906); T.T.C.L. 595 (1949); I.T.U.: 418 (1951); F.P.U. 58 (1971). Type: Uganda, Buddu District, Masaka, Dawe 10 (K, holo.)
Dombeya nairobensis Engl. [family ], in E.J. 39: 583 (1907); I.T.U.: 419 (1951). Type: Kenya, Nairobi, Kaessner 963 (B†, holo.; BM, K, iso.)
Dombeya endlichii Engl. & K.Krause [family ], in E.J. 48: 551 (1912); T.T.C.L. 595 (1949). Type: Tanzania, Kilimanjaro, Kibo, Endlich 299 (B†, holo; W, iso.)
Dombeya velutina De Wild. & Staner [family ], Contrib. Fl. Kat., Suppl. 4: 62 (1932). Type: Congo-Kinshasa, Marungu, De Witte 446 (BR, holo.)
Dombeya burttii Exell [family ], in J.B. 77: 165 (1939); T.T.C.L. 596 (1949). Type: Tanzania, Poroto [Mporoto] Mts, Burtt 6154 (BM, holo.; K, iso.)
Dombeya gamwelliae Exell [family ], in J.B. 70: 104 (1932). Type: Zambia, Abercorn, Gamwell 50 (BM, holo.)
Dombeya nyasica Exell [family ], in J.B. 77: 166 (1939); Wild in F.Z. 1: 523 (1961). Type: Malawi, between Dowa and Kota Kota, Burtt 6085 (BM, holo.; BR, K, iso.)
Dombeya trichoclada Mildbr. [family ], in N.B.G.B. 12: 196 (1934); T.T.C.L. 596 (1949). Type: Tanzania, Iringa, Lupembe, Ruhudje, Schlieben 1051a (B†, holo.; BR, iso.)
Dombeya globiflora Staner [family ], in Ann. Soc. Sci. Brux., ser. B, 50: 59 (1935). Type: Congo-Kinshasa, Haut-Katanga, Quarré 3294 (BR, holo.)
Dombeya greenwayi Wild [family ], in Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 3: 35 (1959); Wild in F.Z. 1: 521 (1961). Type: Zambia, Shiwa Ngandu, Greenway 5527 (EA; K holo.)
Dombeya sphaerantha Gilli [family ], in Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, 74: 449 (1971). Type: Tanzania, Mbeya Mt, Gilli 351 (W, holo.)
Information
Small tree or shrub 2–4(–8) tall; stems terete, densely pubescent to glabrescent, hairs simple, stellate, and subsessile- and stalked-glandular. Leaves suborbicular, distinctly 3-lobed, rarely 5-lobed or entire, 11–23 cm long, 7–18 cm wide, apex acuminate, margin coarsely and irregularly crenate or dentate, base deeply cordate, upper surface densely pubescent with long-armed stellate hairs; petiole 7–15 cm long; stipules lanceolate to broadly ovate, 0.8–1.3 cm long, 0.3–0.6 cm wide, long-acuminate. Inflorescence axillary, 6–21 cm long, corymbose or ± umbellate, many-flowered, peduncle 3.8–16.5 cm long, sparsely to densely pubescent; bracts ovate, 1–1.2 cm long, acuminate, pubescent or glabrescent, caducous; branches absent or condensed, branch-bracts not seen; pedicels 2.2–3.8 cm long; epicalyx bracts at calyx base, rarely on the pedicel, elliptic, ovate, oblong, lanceolate or oblanceolate, 1–1.4 cm long, 0.2–0.5 cm wide, acute to long-acuminate, caducous. Calyx lobes reflexed, lanceolate, 0.9–1.3 cm long, 0.2–0.8 cm wide, acute, pubescent outside. Petals spreading, pink or white, with or without a red base or veins, 1.2–2.5 cm long, 1–2.5 cm wide. Androecium 1.2 cm long; staminal tube 0.1–0.5 cm long, dilating towards apex or sides convex; staminodes 0.7–1.6 cm long; longest stamen 0.6–1 cm; anthers 0.2–0.5 cm long. Ovary globose, ovoid, tomentose, style 0.5–1.6 cm long, pubescent or glabrous, 5-branched. Capsule ovoid or globose, 0.5–1.5 cm in diameter, tomentose; seeds 0.3–0.4≈0.2 cm, dark brown to black. Fig. 11: 1–2, p. 61.
Range
DISTR. U 1–4; K 2–6; T 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8
Altitude range
(900–)1500–2000(–2400) m
Distribution
KENYA Turkana District Murua Ngithigerr Mt, Dec. 1988, Beentje, Powys & Dioli 3915!KENYA Ravine District Sabatia, June 1941, Gardner 1221!KENYA Masai District Mara R., Ngerendei, March 1961, Glover, Gwynne & Samuel 227!TANZANIA Bukoba District Bunazi, Sep. 1935, Gillman 581!TANZANIA Mbulu District Haraa Forest Reserve, May 1988, Ruffo & Sigara 3062!TANZANIA Mbeya District Mbeya, N Usafua Forest Reserve camp, Oct. 1947, Brenan 8192!UGANDA Karamoja District Mt Debasien, Jan. 1936, Eggeling 2835!UGANDA Mwanza District Budongo, Busingiro Hill, Nov. 1933, Eggeling 1397UGANDA Masaka District Kibula, Sep. 1945, Purseglove P1838!
Distribution (external)
Congo-Kinshasa
Rwanda
Angola
Zambia
Malawi
Mozambique
Zimbabwe
Swaziland
South Africa
Notes
CONSERVATION A widespread and common species, here assessed as of Least Concern.