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Englerina woodfordioides

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Identification
Loranthus longifolius Peter [family LORANTHACEAE ] Verified by Gebauer, Englerina woodfordioides (Schweinf.) Balle ex M.G.Gilbert [family LORANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Loranthus longifolius
  • Loranthus ehlersii
  • Loranthus gromieri
  • Loranthus bagshawei
  • Loranthus viminalis
  • Loranthus rugegensis
  • Englerina woodfordioides
  • Loranthus adolfi-friderici
  • Loranthus woodfordioides
  • Loranthus tschertscherensis
  • Loranthus umbelliflorus

Flora

Entry for ENGLERINA woodfordioides (Schweinf.) M.G. Gilbert [family LORANTHACEAE]
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, (1999) Author: POLHILL & D. WIENS
Names
ENGLERINA woodfordioides (Schweinf.) M.G. Gilbert [family LORANTHACEAE], in Nordic Journ. Bot. 5: 223 (1985); Balle in Senck. Biol. 39: 108 (1958), nom. invalid., & in Troupin, Fl. Rwanda 1: 184, fig. 37/2 (1978), nom. invalid., & in Troupin, Fl. Pl. Lign. Rwanda: 373, fig. 131/2 (1982), nom. invalid.; Blundell, Wild Fl. E. Afr.: 129, t. 512 (1987); M.G. Gilbert in Fl. Ethiopia 3: 371, fig. 114.12 (1990); Polh. & Wiens in U.K.W.F., ed. 2: 155, t. 55 (1994) & Mistletoes Afr.: 126, photo. 43A–B. Type: Kenya, Nakuru/Laikipia District, Ewaso Narok [Guass Narok], von Hoehnel 39 (B!, holo.)
Loranthus woodfordioides Schweinf. [family LORANTHACEAE], in L. Höhn., Rudolf- Stephanie-See: 856 (1892); Engl. in E.J. 20: 126 (1894); Sprague in F.T.A. 6(1): 387 (1911); K. Krause in N.B.G.B. 8: 500 (1923); F.D.O.-A. 2: 176 (1932); Chiov., Racc. Bot. Miss. Consol. Kenya: 109 (1935); Balle in F.C.B. 1: 321, t. 34 (1948); U.K.W.F.: 332, fig. on 331 (1974)
Loranthus ehlersii Schweinf. [family LORANTHACEAE], in L. Höhn., Rudolf- Stephanie-See: 856 (1892); Engl. in E.J. 20: 126 (1894) & P.O.A. C: 167 (1895); Sprague in F.T.A. 6(1): 388 (1911); F.D.O.-A. 2: 177 (1932); T.T.C.L.: 284 (1949). Type: Tanzania, Moshi District, S. Kilimanjaro, Ehlers (B!, holo.)
Ischnanthus ehlersii (Schweinf.) Tiegh. [family ], in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 42: 260 (1895)
Ischnanthus woodfordioides (Schweinf.) Tiegh. [family ], in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 42: 260 (1895)
Loranthus bagshawei Rendle [family LORANTHACEAE], in J.L.S. 37: 206 (1905); Sprague in F.T.A. 6(1): 391 (1911). Type: Uganda, Kigezi District, Rukiga [Ruchigga], Bagshawe 401 (BM!, holo.)
Loranthus adolfi-friderici Engl. & K. Krause [family LORANTHACEAE], in E.J. 43: 312 (1909) & in Z.A.E. 2: 197 (1911); Sprague in F.T.A. 6(1): 391 (1911); F.D.O.-A. 2: 178 (1932). Types: Rwanda, Rugege Forest, Mildbraed 875 & 902 (B!, syn., K, fragments!)
Loranthus rugegensis Engl. & K. Krause [family LORANTHACEAE], in E.J. 43: 313 (1909) & in Z.A.E. 2: 197, t. 17G–J (1911); Sprague in F.T.A. 6(1): 392 (1911); F.D.O.-A. 2: 178 (1932); F.P.N.A. 1: 98 (1948). Type: Rwanda, Rugege Forest, Rukarara R., Mildbraed 911 (B!, holo., K!, fragment)
Loranthus viminalis Engl. & K. Krause [family LORANTHACEAE], in E.J. 43: 314 (1909) & in Z.A.E. 2: 199, t. 17A–F (1911); Sprague in F.T.A. 6(1): 392 (1911); F.D.O.-A. 2: 178 (1932). Type: Rwanda, Rugege Forest, Mildbraed 1043 (B,holo.!)
Loranthus umbelliflorus De Wild. [family LORANTHACEAE], in Rev. Zool. Afr. 9: B81 (1921) & Pl. Bequaert. 1: 324 (1922). Type: Zaire, Kivu, Mukule, Bequaert 5935 (BR!, holo.)
Loranthus brachyphyllus Peter [family LORANTHACEAE], F.D.O.-A. 2: 160, 178 & Descr. 13, t. 18/3 (1932); T.T.C.L.: 284 (1949). Type: Tanzania, S. Pare Mts., Shengena to Tona, Peter 9063 (B, holo.)
Loranthus longifolius Peter [family LORANTHACEAE], F.D.O.-A. 2: 160, 178 & Descr. 14, t. 19/2a (1932); T.T.C.L.: 284 (1949). Type: Tanzania, S. Pare Mts., Shengena, Peter 8994 (B!, holo.)
Loranthus eucalyptoides Peter [family LORANTHACEAE], F.D.O.-A. 2: 160, 178 & Descr. 16, t. 20/2 (1932); T.T.C.L.: 284 (1949), nom. illegit., non DC. (1840). Type: Tanzania, Arusha District, Mt. Meru, Peter 1888 (B!, holo.)
Tapinanthus adolfi-friderici (Engl. & K. Krause) Danser [family LORANTHACEAE], in Verh. K. Akad. Wet., sect. 2, 29(6): 107 (1933)
Tapinanthus bagshawei (Rendle) Danser [family LORANTHACEAE], in Verh. K. Akad. Wet., sect. 2, 29(6): 108 (1933)
Tapinanthus ehlersii (Schweinf.) Danser [family LORANTHACEAE], in Verh. K. Akad. Wet., sect. 2, 29(6): 111 (1933)
Tapinanthus rugegensis (Engl. & K. Krause) Danser [family LORANTHACEAE], in Verh. K. Akad. Wet., sect. 2, 29(6): 119 (1933)
Tapinanthus umbelliflorus (De Wild.) Danser [family LORANTHACEAE], in Verh. K. Akad. Wet., sect. 2, 29(6): 121 (1933)
Tapinanthus viminalis (Engl. & K. Krause) Danser [family LORANTHACEAE], in Verh. K. Akad. Wet., sect. 2, 29(6): 121 (1933)
Tapinanthus woodfordioides (Schweinf.) Danser [family LORANTHACEAE], in Verh. K. Akad. Wet., sect. 2, 29(6): 122 (1933)
Tapinanthus brachyphyllus (Peter) Danser [family LORANTHACEAE], in Rec. Trav. Bot. Néerl. 31: 223 (1934)
Tapinanthus eucalyptoides Danser [family LORANTHACEAE], in Rec. Trav. Bot. Néerl. 31: 223 (1934). Type as for L. eucalyptoides Peter
Tapinanthus longifolius (Peter) Danser [family LORANTHACEAE], in Rec. Trav. Bot. Néerl. 31: 224 (1934)
Loranthus woodfordioides Chiov. var. minor [family LORANTHACEAE], Racc. Bot. Miss. Consol. Kenya: 109 (1935). Types: Kenya, Mt. Aberdare, Colle Roasia, Balbo 86 & 21 & Mt. Kenya, Nyeri Forest, Balbo 58 & Karema, Balbo 44 (FT, syn.)
Englerina woodfordioides (Engl. & K. Krause) Balle var. adolfi-friderici [family LORANTHACEAE], in Senck. Biol. 39: 108, fig. 8–11 (1958) & in Troupin, Fl. Rwanda 1: 184 (1978) & in Troupin, Fl. Pl. Lign. Rwanda: 373 (1982), nom. invalid ., comb. non rite publ .
Englerina woodfordioides (De Wild.) Balle var. umbelliflora [family LORANTHACEAE], in Troupin, Fl. Rwanda 1: 184 (1978) & in Troupin, Fl. Pl. Lign. Rwanda: 374 (1982), nom. invalid., comb. non rite publ .
Information
Shrub with spreading to drooping stems to 1 m. or so; twigs slightly compressed, glabrous. Petiole 3–10(–15) mm. long, grooved, the sides often crispate, the channel sometimes scurfy puberulous; lamina thin, coppery reddish when young, becoming fresh green, often with red veins, and a little more coriaceous, linear-lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 3–13(–15) cm. long, 0.6–3(–5) cm. wide, often attenuate, acuminate at the apex, base cuneate, rounded or rarely slightly cordate, glabrous except sometimes at youngest unfolded stage, with 4–8 pairs of lateral nerves, the lower 2–4 often (but not always) strongly ascending. Flowers 6–16(–20) per umbel; peduncle 1–5(–6) mm. long; pedicels (1–)2–5 mm. long; bract ovate-triangular from a shallow cup, 1–2 mm. long, slightly gibbous, ciliolate. Receptacle 1–1.5 mm. long; calyx 0.5–1 mm. long, ciliolate. Corolla (1.1–)1.5–2.5 cm. long, blue-grey with red lobes, inside tube blue-black; buds slightly inflated in lower part, narrow above vents to oblong-ellipsoid apical swelling (2–)2.5–3.5(–4) mm. long; tube (4–)6–12 mm. long, with V-slit to base, papillate inside especially along sutures; lobes erect, linear with spathulate tips, (7–)8–15 mm. long. Filaments blackish below, green above, tightly coiled; tooth 0.5–1.2 mm. long; anthers 1.5–3 mm. long. Berry bright red, obovoid, with prominent lobed disc, 6–9 mm. long, 3.5–5 mm. in diameter; seed orange. Fig. 7.
Range
DISTR. U 1–3; K 1–6; T 2, 3 (Pare Mts.)
Altitude range
1350–3000 m.
Distribution
UGANDA Karamoja District Mt. Kadam [Debasien], 31 May 1939, A.S. Thomas 2957!;KENYA Northern Frontier Province 12 km. N. of Maralal on road to Baragoi, 2 June 1979, M.G. Gilbert, Kanuri & Mungai 5442!;TANZANIA Masai District Loliondo, near District Officer’s house, 6 July 1956, G.R. Williams 707!;TANZANIA Arusha National Park, Momella Gate, 17 Apr. 1968, Greenway & Kanuri 13478!;UGANDA Kigezi District Ishasha Gorge, Feb. 1950, Purseglove 3306!;UGANDA Mbale District Elgon, Bulago, 18 Aug. 1927, Snowden 1194!KENYA Nakuru District 18 km. SW. of Molo on Keringet road, 7 Feb. 1985, Kirkup 31!;KENYA Nairobi City Park, 7 Aug. 1965, Kokwaro 240!TANZANIA Moshi District W. Kilimanjaro, Rongai, 6 Dec. 1968, Shabani 230!
Distribution (external)
; E. Zaire
Rwanda
Burundi
Ethiopia
Notes
Easily recognised by the grey corolla-tube, which is blue-black within, and generally with red lobes. Leaf-shape, venation and flower-size vary considerably and account for a number of synonyms listed above. Much of the variation is sporadic and evidently trivial when seen in the field, but some significant local divergence also occurs. Populations in SW. Ethiopia, at the edge of the range from Jimma to Bonga, at relatively low altitudes (1700–2000 m.) and relatively high rainfall, have small corollas (12–15 mm. long) with pale pinkish or apparently even yellow lobes. A comparable small flowered form ( L. bagshawei ) is common in the W. Rift populations (the species does not occur on Ruwenzori), but not clearly segregated from the large-flowered forms, tending to predominate at lower altitudes but not exclusively so. By contrast another small-flowered form occurs on the rain-shadow side of Mt. Kenya and nearby parts of the eastern Aberdares and seems to be an independent derivative. The populations from Meru and Kilimanjaro ( L. ehlersii ) are notably luxuriant, broad leaved and floriferous, but again these populations at the edge of the range cannot be usefully or precisely distinguished from the overall variation in the species.

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