Entry for Neonotonia wightii var. mearnsii De Wild. Lackey [family LEGUMINOSAE]
Entry From
FZ, Vol 3, Part 5, (2001) Author: B. Mackinder, R. Pasquet, R. Polhill and B. Verdcourt
Names
Neonotonia wightii var. mearnsii De Wild. Lackey [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Iselya 2: 11 (1981). Type from Kenya.
Glycine mearnsii De Wild. [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 12: B15 (1924).
Glycine javanica [family LEGUMINOSAE], sensu Hauman in F.C.B. 6: 93 (1954), non L.
Glycine javanica var. mearnsii De Wild. Hauman [family LEGUMINOSAE], in F.C.B. 6: 96 (1954). —F.J.Hermann, Techn. Bull. U.S.D.A. No. 1268: 33 (1962) pro parte.
Glycine wightii subsp. petitiana var. mearnsii De Wild. Verdc. [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Taxon 15: 36 (1966); in F.T.E.A., Leguminosae, Pap.: 532, fig. 79 (1971).
Distribution
Malawi S Mulanje, Ruo R., fl. 1919, Shinn s.n. (K).Malawi C Dedza Mt. Forest, fl. 23.iv.1968, Salubeni 1072 (K; SRGH).Malawi N Rumphi Distr., North Viphya, Uzumara, fl. & fr. 7.viii.1972, Pawek 5596 (K).Zambia N Mbala Distr., Kawimbe, fl. 25.iv.1959, McCallum-Webster 939 (K) – not typical.
Notes
Generally easily recognised in Malawi, where it overlaps the range of the more common and widespread var. longicauda, by its larger flowers, more hairy pods and generally felty tomentose leaflets. It is more closely associated with montane forests, descending principally along the rivers, but a few specimens are ± intermediate, e.g. Mwera Hill, Wiehe N/226 (K). The single collection from the Mbala District of Zambia, cited above, is also intermediate.Var. petitiana, with fascicle bracts ovate-lanceolate and sometimes 3-fid and with corollas blue or mauve and 8–11 mm long, occurs in Tanzania, Kenya and Ethiopia.
