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Eugenia aschersoniana

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Name

Identification
Isotype of Eugenia aschersoniana F. Hoffm. [family MYRTACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by orig.,
Related name
  • Eugenia aschersoniana
  • Eugenia capensis

Flora

Entry for EUGENIA capensis Verdc. subsp. multiflora [family MYRTACEAE]
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, (2001) Author: B Verdcourt, B.Sc., Ph.D.
Names
EUGENIA capensis Verdc. subsp. multiflora [family MYRTACEAE], in K.B. 54: 43, fig. 1 (1999). Type: Kenya, Kwale District, Jombo Mt, Verdcourt 5283 (K!, holo., EA!, iso.)
EUGENIA aschersoniana [family MYRTACEAE], [sensu Engl. & Nied. in P.O.A. C: 287 (1895) & V.E. 3(2): 733 (1921) pro parte, non F. Hoffm. sensu stricto]
EUGENIA capensis subsp. aschersoniana [family MYRTACEAE], [sensu F. White in Kirkia 10: 403 (1977) & in F.Z. 4: 188 (1978) pro parte, non (F. Hoffm.) F. White loc. cit. sensu stricto; sensu Vollesen in Opera Bot. 59: 54 (1980); Thulin & G. Moggi in Fl. Somalia 1: 244 (1993), non (F. Hoffm.) F. White sensu stricto]
EUGENIA taxon D [family MYRTACEAE], K.T.S.L.: 126 (1994) (material not seen)
EUGENIA taxon F [family MYRTACEAE], K.T.S.L.: 126 (1994)
Information
Leaves 2.5–13 cm long, 1.5–7 cm wide. Inflorescences usually (1–)3–20-flowered.
Range
DISTR. K 7; T 3, 6, 8; Z; P
Altitude range
0–350(–1000) m
Distribution
KENYA Kwale District Shimba Hills Lodge, Mkomba R., 23 Feb. 1988, Robertson & Luke 5165!TANZANIA Pangani District Mafui, Mkwaja, 8 Oct. 1957, Tanner 3714!KENYA Kilifi District Watamu, 3 May 1973, Simpson 30!KENYA Lamu District Boni Forest Reserve, 8.5 km E of Dodori R. at Magai, 30 Nov. 1988, Robertson & Luke 5640!TANZANIA Uzaramo District Msasani, 23 Aug. 1939, Vaughan 2869!TANZANIA Rufiji District Mafia I., Kikuni, 14 Aug. 1937, Greenway 5092!TANZANIA Zanzibar , Pwani, Mchangani, 1 Dec. 1930, Greenway 2610!
Distribution (external)
; Mozambique
Notes
Subsp. capensis occurs in South Africa and S Mozambique. Subsp. multiflora is very different from typical E. capensis from Cape Province which has small almost round leaves with revolute margins and invariably solitary flowers. Further up the coast and particularly on Inhaca Island, what is clearly the same species displays much greater variability and larger leaves and 1–3-flowered fasciculate inflorescences are common. E. mossambicensis Engl. based on material from Beira is presumably similar although it has been kept up in some recent works on South African trees. Specimens occur in Mozambique which are very close to Tanzanian material, a fact d by Greenway long ago (adnot. on Greenway 2610) so it is clear that the East African populations cannot be separated specifically from E. capensis; the problem that remains is how far subsp. multiflora extends southwards. The difficulty of placing intermediate collections does not in my opinion invalidate recognising subspecies for the extremes.

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