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Euclea kellau

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Name

Identification
Kellaua schimperi A. DC. [family EBENACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Euclea kellau Hochst. [family EBENACEAE ] Verified by B. Heuchert, 2012
Related name
  • Euclea kellau
  • Euclea racemosa
  • Euclea schimperi
  • Kellaua schimperi
  • Myrsine kellau

Flora

Entry for EUCLEA racemosa (A. DC.) F. White subsp. schimperi [family EBENACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by I. Friis [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
EUCLEA racemosa (A. DC.) F. White subsp. schimperi [family EBENACEAE], in Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 50: 399 (1980);
Kellaua schimperi A.DC. [family EBENACEAE], (1842);. [type as above]
Euclea kellau Hochst. [family EBENACEAE], (1843), nom. illeg.;. [type as above]
Euclea schimperi (A. DC.) Dandy [family EBENACEAE], (1952). Fig. 4G. [type as above]
Information
Leaves thinly leathery, obovate or oblanceolate, up to 12 x 4 cm, up to 4 times as long as broad, distinctly broadest in upper half. Ovary covered with stiff hairs.
Range
N1–3 widespread in eastern Africa from Egypt and Sudan in the north to South Africa (East Transvaal, Natal, Eastern Cape Province) in the south,
Altitude range
1300–1650 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Gillett 4272, 23466; Thulin 10739.
Distribution (external)
Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Yemen
Oman
Notes
Subsp. racemosa occurs in South Africa (West Transvaal and Western Cape Province).

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