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Dombeya niangaraensis

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Identification
Dombeya niangaraensis De Wild. [family STERCULIACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Dombeya torrida (J.F.Gmel.) P.Bamps [family STERCULIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
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  • Dombeya torrida
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Flora

Entry for Dombeya torrida subsp. torrida [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 torrida subsp. torrida [family ]
Walcuffa torrida J.F. Gmel. [family ], Syst. Nat: 1029 (1791)
Dombeya bruceana A.Rich. [family ], Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 77 (1847); Mast., F.T.A. 1: 229 (1868); K. Schum., E.M. 5: 22 (1900). Types: Ethiopia, Tigray, Addischoa, Schimper 378 (P, syn., BM, BR, RD, UPS, K, isosyn.); Tigray, Shollon, Quartin-Dillon s.n. (P, syn.), Petit s.n. (P, syn.)
Dombeya schimperiana A.Rich. [family ], Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 78 (1847); Mast., F.T.A. 1: 229 (1868). Type: Ethiopia, Abera, Schimper 845 (P, holo., BR, K, FT, RD, iso.).
Dombeya goetzenii K.Schum. [family ], in Von Goetzen, Durch. Afr. von O. nach W.: 6 & 24 (1895) & in E.M. 5: 24 (1900); I.T.U.: 418 (1951); Bamps in F.C.B. 10: 242 (1963); Hamilton, Uganda For. Trees: 118 (1981). Type: Congo-Kinshasa, Kirunga, Goetzen & Prittwitz 97 (B†, holo.)
Dombeya schimperiana K.Schum. var. glabrata [family ], in Von Goetzen, Durch Afr. von O. nach W.: 23 (1895). Type: Ethiopia, Abera, Steudner 1157 (B, holo,†; K, P, iso.)
Dombeya runsoroensis K.Schum. [family ], in E.M. 5: 23 (1900). Types: without locality details, Stuhlmann 2736 (B†, syn.); Congo-Kinshasa, without locality details, Stuhlmann 2347 (B†, syn.)
Dombeya leucoderma K.Schum. [family ], in P.O.A. C: 270 (1895)& in E.M. 5: 21 (1900); T.T.C.L. 596 (1949). Type: Tanzania, Marangu, Volkens 1296 (B†, holo.; K, lecto., chosen by Seyani 1982)
Dombeya albiflora K.Schum. [family ], in E.J. 33: 308 (1903). Type: Ethiopia, Schoa und Galla, Mandagarrha, Ellenbeck 1632 (B†, holo.)
Dombeya faucicola K.Schum. [family ], in E.J. 34: 323 (1904); Engl. in V.E. 3(2): 426, t. 196 (1921). Type: Kenya, Nakuru, Engler 2048 (B†, holo.)
Dombeya elliotii K.Schum. & Engl. [family ], in E.J. 39: 582 (1907). Type: Kenya, Masai Highlands, Elliot 19 (B†, holo.; K., iso.)
Dombeya gallana K.Schum. & Engl. [family ], in E.J. 39: 583 (1907). Type: Ethiopia, Harar, Gara Mulata, Ellenbeck 558 (B†, holo.)
Dombeya niangaraensis De Wild. [family ], Ann. Mus. Congo. Belge, Bot., sér. 5 (2): 49, t. 11 (1907). Type: Congo-Kinshasa, Niangara-Gambara, Seret 358 bis (BR, holo.)
Dombeya bequaertii De Wild. [family ], Pl. Bequaert. 1: 510 (1922). Type: Congo-Kinshasa, Rutshuru, Bequaert 5918 (BR, holo.)
Dombeya bogoriensis De Wild. [family ], Pl. Bequaert. 1: 511 (1922). Type: Congo-Kinshasa, Lake Albert, Bogoro, Bequaert 4967 (BR, holo.)
Dombeya ruwenzoriensis De Wild. [family ], Pl. Bequaert. 1: 513 (1922). Type: Congo-Kinshasa, Ruwenzori, Bequaert 3642 (BR, holo.)
Dombeya heterotricha Mildbr. [family ], in N.B.G.B. 12: 195 (1934); T.T.C.L. 596 (1949). Type: Tanzania, Kilimanjaro, Rongai, Schlieben 5052 (B†, holo.; BR, MAD, iso.)
Dombeya stipulosa Chiov. [family ], in Atti R. Acad. Ital. Mem. Cl. Fis. 11: 21 (1940). Type: Ethiopia, Welega, Sajo, Giordano 2471 (FT, holo.)
Information
Leavesabruptly narrowed to the acumen,lower surface densely puberulous with a mixture of long and short armed stellate hairs.
Range
DISTR. U 1–3; K 1–3, 4, 5?, 6; T 2
Altitude range
(1700–)2100–3050 m
Distribution
KENYA Northern Frontier District Mt Nyiro, July 1960, Kerfoot 1941!KENYA Nakuru District Eastern Mau Reserve, June 1957, Trapnell 2310!KENYA Nyandarua/Aberdares, Kinangop side, Sep. 1963, Verdcourt 3782!TANZANIA Masai/Mbulu District Ngorongoro Conservation area, Empakaai Crater, June 1973, Frame 185!TANZANIA Arusha District Mt Meru, Bancroft 50!TANZANIA Moshi District Moshi District: Marangu, Oct. 1960, Steele 64!UGANDA Karamoja District Mt Moroto, Feb. 1936, Eggeling 2883!UGANDA Kigezi District near Behungi, Oct. 1929, Snowden 1517!UGANDA Mbale District Elgon, Bulambuli, Nov. 1933, Tothill 2358
Distribution (external)
Congo-Kinshasa
Rwanda
Burundi
Sudan
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Djibouti
Yemen
Notes
CONSERVATION A widespread and common taxon, here assessed as of Least Concern.  Silviculturally important as the first tree species to recolonize where forest cover has been destroyed. Usually very common locally (Battiscombe 564).

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