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Droogmansia platypus

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Name

Identification
Droogmansia hockii De Wild. [family FABACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Droogmansia platypus (Baker) Schindl. [family FABACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Droogmansia unrecorded
  • Droogmansia pteropus
  • Droogmansia quarrei
  • Droogmansia platypus
  • Droogmansia longestipitata
  • Droogmansia hockii
  • Droogmansia longistipitata

Flora

Entry for DROOGMANSIA pteropus (Bak.) Verdc. var. platypus [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
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, (1971) Author: J. B. GILLETT, R. M. POLHILL & B. VERDCOURT
Names
DROOGMANSIA pteropus (Bak.) Verdc. var. platypus [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in K.B. 24: 62 (1970). Type: N. Zambia, Lake Mweru R. Kalungwishi, Carson 11 (K, holo.!)
Dolichos platypus Bak. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in K.B. 1895: 289 (1895)
Droogmansia platypus (Bak.) Schindl. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in F.R. 22: 272 (1926); L.T.A.: 337 (1929); Schubert in F.C.B. 5: 217 (1954)
Information
Winged petiole oblong-oblanceolate or at least much narrower above than at base. Inflorescence laxer and less hairy; pedicels mostly longer, 0.7–1.6 cm. long.
Range
DISTR. T7
Distribution
TANGANYIKA Mbeya District Itaka, 31 Aug. 1933, Greenway 3653 !
Distribution (external)
; Congo
Zambia
Malawi
Notes
The specimen of Greenway 3653 at EA shows how this grades into typical pteropus.

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