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Fadogia variabilis

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Identification
Isotype of Fadogia variabilis Robyns [family RUBIACEAE ] Fadogia tetraquetra (Robyns) Verdc. [family RUBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Verdcourt,B.,
Related name
  • Fadogia tetraquetra
  • Fadogia cienkowski
  • Fadogia variabilis
  • Fadogia grandiflora

Flora

Entry for Fadogia tetraquetra var. grandiflora Robyns Verdc. [family RUBIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 5, Part 2, (1998) Author: D. Bridson
Names
Fadogia pobeguinii [family RUBIACEAE], sensu Hutch. & Dalz. in F.W.T.A. 2: 110 (1931). —Hepper in F.W.T.A. ed. 2, 2: 178 (1963) non Pobéguin.
Fadogia tetraquetra var. grandiflora Robyns Verdc. [family RUBIACEAE], in Kew Bull. 36: 520 (1981); in F.T.E.A., Rubiaceae: 792 (1991). Type from Tanzania.
Fadogia grandiflora Robyns [family RUBIACEAE], in Bull. Jard. Bot. État 11: 65 (1928).
Fadogia variabilis Robyns [family RUBIACEAE], in Bull. Jard. Bot. État 11: 63 (1928). — J.G. Garcia in Mem. Junta Invest. Ultramar 6 (sér 2): 27 (1959) [Contrib. Conhec. Fl. Moçamb. IV (1959)]. Type: Zimbabwe, Gazaland, Chirinda, Swynnerton 6502 (BM; K, holotype).
Fadogia dalzielii Robyns [family RUBIACEAE], in Bull. Jard. Bot. État 11: 66 (1928). Type from Nigeria.
Fadogia glauca Robyns [family RUBIACEAE], in Bull. Jard. Bot. État 11: 62 (1928). Type from Angola.
Information
Stems covered with dense crisped hairs.Leaf upper surface with scattered short seta-like hairs; midrib beneath with dense hairs similar to those on the stems, or with pubescence ± all over the venation beneath.Corolla glabrous or hairy in bud.
Habitat
Open grassland, burnt \"long grass - Chipya\" vegetation, forest edges
Altitude range
1140–1800 m.
1800
1140
Distribution
Zambia C Kasanka National Park, Luwombwa River, fr. 18.xi.1993, Harder et al. 1934 (K; MO).Mozambique MS Espungabera (Spungabera), fl. 13.xi.1943, Torre 6188 (LISC).Zimbabwe E Gazaland, near Chirinda, fl. x.1905, Swynnerton 241 (K).Zambia N Lake Bangweulu, near Samfya, fl. 26.viii.1952, Angus 316 (FHO; K).
Distribution (external)
Guinea
Ghana
Nigeria
Cameroon
Tanzania
Angola
Swaziland
South Africa (Mpumalanga)
Notes
This variety links F. tetraquetra with F. elskensii.

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