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Hermannia angolensis

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Identification
Isotype of Hermannia angolensis K.Schum. [family STERCULIACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Hermannia eenii Baker f. [family STERCULIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
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  • Hermannia eenii
  • Hermannia angolensis

Flora

Entry for Hermannia angolensis K. Schum. [family STERCULIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 1, Part 2, page 517, (1961) Author: H. Wild
Names
Hermannia angolensis K. Schum. [family STERCULIACEAE], in Warb., Kunene-Samb.-Exped. Baum: 73, 302 (1903). — Exell & Mendonça, C.F.A. 1, 2: 195 (1951). TAB. 102 fig. A. Type from Angola.
Information
Prostrate perennial herb similar to H. tomentosa but with its leaf-lamina up to 4 × 2 cm., oblong-ovate, margin often coarsely serrate or crenate and the indumentum appressed-yellowish-stellate-pubescent. Young branchlets densely yellowish-hispidulous like the ovary, and capsule with much longer hairs than in H. tomentosa. Petals similar in shape and size to those of H. tomentosa but pink rather than yellow. Seeds as in H. tomentosa.
Habitat
Dry woodland or in grassland at the edge of seasonal swamps.
Distribution
Zimbabwe W Wankie Game Reserve, fl. & fr. 15.ii.1956, Wild 4733 (K; SRGH).Botswana SW Ghanzi, fl. 25.vii.1955, Story 5036 (K; PRE).Zambia B near Senanga, fl. 2.viii.1952, Codd 7355 (K; PRE; SRGH).Caprivi Strip Kwando R., fl. x.1945, Curson 1203 (PRE).Botswana N 6 km. from Nata R. on Francistown Rd., fl. & fr. 24.iv.1957, Seagrief 2454 (K; SRGH).
Distribution (external)
Angola
SW. Africa
Notes
Story describes the leaves of this species as “crystalline pale green” obviously a very good description of the appearance created by the discrete yellowish stellate hairs each with a solid centre seen against the green background of the leaf in H. angolensis and very different from the continuous greyish tomentum of the leaves of H. tomentosa.

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