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Eriosema occultiflorum

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Identification
Eriosema occultiflorum J.B.Gillett [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE ] Eriosema pumilum Verdc. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Verdcourt, B.,
Related name
  • Eriosema occultiflorum
  • Eriosema pumilum

Flora

Entry for Eriosema kankolo subsp. kankolo [family LEGUMINOSAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 3, Part 5, (2001) Author: B. Mackinder, R. Pasquet, R. Polhill and B. Verdcourt
Names
Eriosema kankolo subsp. kankolo [family LEGUMINOSAE], —Lock, Leg. Afr. Check-list: 402 (1989).
Eriosema cryptanthum Milne-Redh. [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Kew Bull. 5: 356 (1951), non Baker*, nom. illegit. Type: Zambia, Mwinilunga Distr., just south of Matonchi Farm, Milne-Redhead 4577 (K, holotype).
Eriosema occultiflorum J.B. Gillett [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Kew Bull. 16: 83 (1962). Type as for E. cryptanthum.
Information
Leaflets usually reduced to 1, 1.3–11 × 0.7–4.5 cm, oblong-elliptic or elliptic.
Habitat
Laterite outcrops, Brachystegia woodland, grassy dambos and black cotton soil
Altitude range
c. 1260 m.
1260
1260
Distribution
Zambia W Ndola, fl. 2.i.1954, Fanshawe 613 (K; NDO).Zambia C 9.6 km east of Lusaka, fl. 13.i.1958, King 397 (K).
Distribution (external)
Dem. Rep. Congo (Katanga Province)
Notes
The type of E. kankolo shows one plant with an upper leaf 3-foliolate but most Zambian material of subsp. kankolo has all the leaves 1-foliolate. E. occultiflorum J.B. Gillett (E. cryptanthum Milne-Redh. non Baker) typically represents a form with the inflorescences hidden but much of what Gillett refers to this is undoubtedly E. kankolo subsp. kankolo.

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