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Erica butaguensis

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Name

Identification
Erica butaguensis De Wild. [family ERICACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Erica kingaensis Engl. [family ERICACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Erica butaguensis
  • Erica kingaensis

Flora

Entry for Erica kingaensis (De Wild.) R.Ross subsp. bequaertii [family ERICACEAE]
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, (2006) Author: HENK BEENTJE
Names
Erica kingaensis (De Wild.) R.Ross subsp. bequaertii [family ERICACEAE], in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 12, 9: 95 (1956). Type: Congo-Kinshasa, Ruwenzori, Lanuri Valley, Becquaert 4546 (BR!, holo.; iso.)
Erica bequaerti De Wild. [family ERICACEAE], Pl. Bequaert. 4: 290 (1927)
Erica butaguensis De Wild. [family ERICACEAE], Pl. Bequaert. 4: 291 (1927). Type: Congo-Kinshasa, Ruwenzori, Butagu Valley, Becquaert 3632 (BR!, holo.; iso.), syn. nov.
Erica ruwenzoriensis Alm & T.C.E.Fr. [family ERICACEAE], in Arkiv Bot., Stockh. 21A, 7: 17, fig. 4a– b (1927); Staner in Ann. Soc. Sci. Brux. 53: 155 (1933). Type: Congo-Kinshasa, Ruwenzori, Butagu valley, Mildbraed 2554 (B, syn.), 2558 (B, BR!, syn.), 2567 (B, syn.); Mubuka valley, Kassner 3118 (B, K, syn.), Scott Elliot 7985, 7986, 7999 (K, syn.)
Erica kingaensis Spirlet subsp. leleupiana [family ERICACEAE], in Bull. Seances Acad. Roy. Outre-Mer new ser. 3: 1132 (1957). Type: Congo-Kinshasa, Vutumbere, Celis s.n. (BR, holo.), syn. nov.
Erica kingaensis [family ERICACEAE], sensu Hamilton, Uganda For. Trees: 80 (1981) pro parte
Information
Shrub or tree 1.5– 15 m high; branches glabrous to minutely puberulous. Leaves 1– 4 mm long, 0.5– 0.8(– 1) mm wide, glabrous or with several minute hairs or teeth on the margins; petiole 0.3– 0.9 mm. Flowers 2– 5 in fascicles at the ends of branches or on short side-branches; pedicel mauve to pink, 1.5– 3 mm long, glabrous or puberulous with minute simple hairs. Sepals 1– 1.6 mm long, minutely ciliolate. Corolla purple, pale pink or white, 1.7– 3.5 mm long, 1.6– 2.4 mm in diameter, the mouth 0.7– 1.6 mm across, the lobes 0.6– 1 mm long. Style 1.3– 3 mm long. 
Range
DISTR. U 2 Congo-Kinshasa, endemic to Ruwenzori
Altitude range
2400– 3500 m
Distribution
UGANDA Ruwenzori Mubuku Valley, July 1938, Eggeling 3791! & same loc., no date, Hamilton 781! & Butahu Valley, Kitandara, Aug. 1953, Osmaston 3782– 3786!
Notes
USES. None recordedCONSERVATION Data deficient (DD) The subspecies described by Spirlet was distinguished by characters that fall well within the range of variation of subsp. bequaertii. I have made it into a synonym.

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