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Geissaspis megalophylla

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Isolectotype of Humularia megalophylla [family FABACEAE]

Isotype of Smithia megalophylla Harms [family LEGUMINOSAE]

Filed as Humularia megalophylla (Harms) P.A.Duvign. [family FABACEAE]

Filed as Humularia megalophylla (Harms) P.A.Duvign. [family FABACEAE]

Type of Geissaspis castroi Baker,f. [family LEGUMINOSAE]

Filed as Humularia megalophylla (Harms) P.A.Duvign. [family FABACEAE]

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Name

Identification

Humularia megalophylla Not on sheet [family FABACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Torre, A., 1960 Geissaspis megalophylla Baker f. [family FABACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet,

Flora

Entry for Humularia welwitschii var. lundaensis P.A. Duvign. Verdc. [family LEGUMINOSAE]

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

Flora Zambesiaca

Reference Sources

FZ, Vol 3, Part 6, (2000) Author: B. Verdcourt

Humularia welwitschii var. lundaensis P.A. Duvign. Verdc. [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Kew Bull. 27: 440 (1972); in Kirkia 9: 480 (1974). Type from Dem. Rep. Congo.

Smithia megalophylla Harms [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 292 (1899); in Warburg, Kunene-Samb.-Exped. Baum: 262 (1903); in Engler, Pflanzenw. Afrikas [Veg. Erde 9] 3 (1): 618 (1915). Type from Angola.

Geissaspis megalophylla Harms Baker f. [family LEGUMINOSAE], in J. Bot. 46: 114 (1908); Legum. Trop. Africa: 314 (1929).

Geissaspis castroi Baker f. [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 8: 106 (1933). Type from Angola.

Humularia lundaensis P.A. Duvign. [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 86: 187 (1954); in F.C.B. 5: 312 (1954). Type from Dem. Rep. Congo.

Humularia megalophylla Harms P.A. Duvign. [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 86: 186 (1954). —Torre in C.F.A. 3: 211 (1966).

Stems, stipules, bracts, etc. glandular-pubescent with tubercular-based hairs.

Cryptosepalum woodland on sand, Monotes scrubland, grassy plains, edaphic grassland

Zambia W 32 km north of Mwinilunga, fl. 29.v.1960, Angus 2313 (FHO; K; SRGH).

Distribution (external)

Dem. Rep. Congo

I have chosen the name lundaensis in preference to megalophylla since the indumentum varies considerably in Angolan material referred to that name. It does tend to have larger more numerous leaflets and to be more robust in which case some may prefer to keep it separate. Taking a broad view, species 1–3 could be considered variants of one variable species.