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Grewia nematopus

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Neotype of Grewia nematopus K.Schum. [family TILIACEAE]
Grewia nematopus K.Schum. [family TILIACEAE]
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Name

Identification
Grewia nematopus K.Schum. [family TILIACEAE ] Verified by Abdalla, N., Grewia tembensis Not on sheet. [family TILIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Grewia nematopus
  • Grewia filiformis
  • Grewia tembensis

Flora

Entry for GREWIA nematopus K. Schum. [family TILIACEAE]
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: C. WHITEHOUSE, M. CHEEK, S. ANDREWS & B. VERDCOURT
Names
GREWIA nematopus K. Schum. [family TILIACEAE], in E.J. 34: 321 (1904); K.T.S.L.: 156, map (1994). Type: Kenya, Teita District, between Voi and Bura Mt, Engler 1941 (B†, holo.)
GREWIA tembensis (K. Schum.) Burret var. nematopus [family TILIACEAE], in E.J. 45: 194 (1910); K.T.S.: 569 (1961); Blundell, Wild Flow. E. Afr.: 69, fig. 735 (1987)
GREWIA filiformis Bullock [family TILIACEAE], in K.B. 1936: 470 (1936). Type: Kenya, Machakos District, Mtito Andei, Battiscombe 922 (K!, holo., EA, iso.)
Information
Shrub to 3 m tall; young branches glabrous. Leaves narrowly obovate, 1.3–5.5 cm long, 0.5–2.5 cm wide, rounded to acute or slightly acuminate at the apex, rounded to cuneate at the base, margins serrate, glabrous; petiole 4–5 mm long, glabrous. Inflorescence a solitary flower; peduncle and pedicel together appearing like a jointed pedicel, 1.8–4.5 cm long, glabrous; bracts linear, up to 3 mm long. Flowers white; sepals 13–18 mm long, pinkish to dull purplish on the outside; petals oblong, 9–18 mm long, 2–3 mm wide. Androgynophore glabrous for ± 1.5 mm at the base, pubescent above but barely produced up to 0.5 mm; stamens 7–10 mm long; filaments white; ovary 1–1.5 mm long, densely hairy; style 7–11 mm long. Fruit (1–)4-lobed, 9–11 mm wide, the lobes 5–6 mm long, 4–5 mm wide, orange to brownish, sparsely hairy to glabrescent. Fig. 3/5 (leaf, p. 9).
Range
DISTR. K 4, 7 not known elsewhere
Altitude range
450–800 m
Distribution
KENYA Kitui District ± 16 km along Mutomo [Mutumo]–Mutha road, 9 Oct. 1976, Spjut & Muchai 4652!KENYA Teita District 12 km SW of Voi on Taveta road, 11 Feb. 1966, Gillett & B.L. Burtt 17176! & Voi, Mwatate, 18 Oct. 1961, Archer 292!
Notes
A very distinctive species with its large flowers on long slender pedicels and glabrous leaves. It does appear though to hybridise with G. kakothamnos (see under that species).

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