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Erianthemum rotundifolium

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Identification
Isotype of Erianthemum rotundifolium Vollesen [family LORANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
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Flora

Entry for ERIANTHEMUM rotundifolium Wiens & Polh. [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
ERIANTHEMUM rotundifolium Wiens & Polh. [family LORANTHACEAE], Mistletoes Afr.: 242 (1998). Type: Tanzania, Kilwa District, Selous Game Reserve, Nahomba valley, Vollesen in M.R.C. 4794 (K!, holo., C!, DAR!, EA!, WAG!, iso.)
Erianthemum sp. nov. [family LORANTHACEAE], sensu Vollesen in Opera Bot. 59: 64 (1980)
Information
Twigs tomentose with somewhat fulvous stellate and shortly dendritic hairs, soon glabrescent. Leaves opposite and clustered on short shoots, sessile or nearly so, glaucous, subcircular, 1.5–5 cm. long, 1.5–4 cm. wide, cordate at the base, early glabrescent, with 4–5 pairs of lateral nerves. Heads terminal on a short shoot of normally 1 pair of leaves, sometimes also axillary, (2–)4-flowered; peduncle 1.5–2 cm. long, glabrous; bract ovate, slightly acuminate at the apex, concave, 4–5 mm. long, subglabrous apart from margins. Receptacle 1.5 mm. long, silky villous; calyx 3–4 mm. long, subglabrous except for a fringe of small brown hairs. Corolla 3.5–4 cm. long, orange, with the lobes and sometimes the basal part of tube green, silky villous in bud but glabrescent on basal swelling and to varying degrees on the lobes; basal swelling 5–7 mm. long; constriction 3–4 mm. long; distal part of tube ± 5 mm. long. Berry not seen.
Range
DISTR. T 8 known only from the type gathering
Altitude range
500 m.
Distribution
TANZANIA Kilwa District Selous Game Reserve, Nahomba valley, 3 Dec. 1977, Vollesen in M.R.C. 4794!

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