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Type of Erica rugegensis Engl. [family ERICACEAE]

Type of Erica rugegensis Engl. [family ERICACEAE]

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Identification

Erica rugegensis Engl. [family ERICACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Erica kingaensis Engl. [family ERICACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Ross R., 1955

Flora

Entry for Erica kingaensis (Engl.) Alm & Fries subsp. rugegensis [family ERICACEAE]

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

Flora of Tropical East Africa

Reference Sources

Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (2006) Author: HENK BEENTJE

Erica kingaensis (Engl.) Alm & Fries subsp. rugegensis [family ERICACEAE], in Arkiv Bot. 21 A, 7: 16 (1927). Type: Rwanda, Rukarara, Rugege Forest, Mildbraed 979 (B†, holo.; BR!, iso. fragm.)

Erica rugegensis Engl. [family ERICACEAE], in E.J. 43: 345 (1909); Z.A.E.: 510 (1914)

Erica linderi Mildbr. [family ERICACEAE], in Journ. Arnold Arboretum 11: 51 (1930). Type: Uganda, Kigezi District: E of Behungi, Linder 2579 (B†, holo.; A, K!, iso.) (see also Note)

Erica kingaensis Spirlet subsp. multiflora [family ERICACEAE], in Bull. Seances Acad. Roy. Outre-Mer new ser. 3: 1135 (1957). Type: Congo-Kinshasa, Biega, Marlier s.n. (BR, holo.), syn. nov.

Erica kingaensis [family ERICACEAE], sensu Hamilton, Uganda For. Trees: 80 (1981) pro parte

Shrub 0.5– 3 m high; branchlets densely puberulous with minute simple hairs. Leaves 1– 4 mm long, 0.7– 1 mm wide, the margins with dendritic hairs with a short body to 0.1 mm long; petiole 0.6– 0.9 mm long. Flowers 5– 7 in umbels at branch apices; pedicel purple, 4– 7 mm long, densely puberulous with dendritic or less often simple hairs. Sepals 1.5– 2.5 mm long, 0.8– 1.2 mm wide, ciliolate. Corolla pale pink, 2.8– 3.5 mm long, 1.7– 2.5 mm in diameter, mouth 1– 1.7 mm across, the lobes 1– 1.2 mm long, 0.8– 0.9 mm wide. Style 2– 3.5 mm long.

UGANDA Kigezi District Behungi, Apr. 1927, Linder 2579! & Kanaba Pass, Feb. 1945, Greenway & Eggeling 7120! & Echuya Forest Bog, Apr. 1970, Lye & Katende 5339!

Distribution (external)

; Congo-Kinshasa

USES. None recordedCONSERVATION Least concern (LC) as it occurs in a common habitat range, over a reasonable altitude range At Kew Linder 2579 was placed in a type folder, with the “ Erica kingaensis Engl. subsp. linderi Mildbr. n.var.”; I have been unable to trace this name and believe it to be an unpublished one. The specimen is ± intermediate between the two Ugandan subspecies.The subspecies described by Spirlet was distinguished by characters that fall well within the range of variation of subsp. rugegensis. I have made it into a synonym.