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Hermannia holubii

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Hermannia kirkii Mast. [family STERCULIACEAE]
Hermannia kirkii Mast. [family STERCULIACEAE]
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Identification
Hermannia kirkii Mast. [family STERCULIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Wild, H., Hermannia unrecorded unrecorded [family STERCULIACEAE ] Hermannia holubii Burtt Davy [family STERCULIACEAE ] Verified by Burtt Davy, J.,
Related name
  • Hermannia viscosa
  • Hermannia holubii
  • Hermannia kirkii
  • Hermannia modesta
  • Hermannia unrecorded

Flora

Entry for Hermannia kirkii Mast. [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 holubii Burtt Davy [family STERCULIACEAE], F.P.F.T. 1: 42, 268 (1926). Type from the Transvaal.
Hermannia lugardii N.E.Br. [family STERCULIACEAE], in Kew Bull. 1909: 94 (1909). — Burtt Davy, F.P.F.T. 1: 268 (1926). Syntypes: Bechuanaland Prot., Kwebe Hills, Lugard 125 (K) and 145 (K).
Hermannia modesta var. elatior K. Schum. K. Schum. [family STERCULIACEAE], in Engl., Mon. Afr. Pflanz. 5: 84 (1900) — Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 55: 367 (1919). Type as for H. filipes var. elatior.
Hermannia filipes var. elatior K. Schum. [family STERCULIACEAE], in Verh. Bot. Verein. Brand. 30: 235 (1888). Type from SW. Africa.
Hermannia kirkii Mast. [family STERCULIACEAE], in Oliv., F.T.A. 1: 233 (1868). — K. Schum. in Engl., Mon. Afr. Pflanz. 5: 84, t. 4 fig. E (1900). TAB. 102 fig. G. Syntypes: Mozambique, Sena, Kirk (K); R. Zambezi, Lupata, Kirk (K.); Tete, Peters 6 (B†; K); Bechuanaland Prot., near Ghanzi, Baines (K).
Hermannia tigreensis [family STERCULIACEAE], sensu Klotzsch in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 1: 132 (1861).
Information
Slender or much-branched annual herb up to 60 cm. tall; branches slender, pubescent with short glandular hairs and longer simple hairs. Leaf-lamina 1·5–4 × 0·3–1·6 cm., narrowly lanceolate to narrowly oblong-lanceolate, apex obtuse or acute, margin serrate, base rounded or cuneate, thinly appressed-stellate-pubescent on both surfaces and also with glandular hairs in some specimens; petiole up to 1·5 cm. long, with glandular and simple hairs; stipules c. 2 mm. long, subulate, pubescent. Flowers solitary in the upper axils, on filamentous puberulous peduncles up to 3·5 cm. long; pedicel up to 8 mm. long, articulated by a slightly swollen joint to the peduncle, puberulous; bracts absent. Calyx 3–6·5 × 3–7 mm., campanulate, pubescent with simple and glandular hairs, lobed 2/3 of the way down; lobes ovate-acuminate. Petals pink, reddish-orange or purplish, 5·5–10 × 2·5–6·5 mm., narrowly obovate, margins slightly inrolled in the lower half, as long as or considerably longer than the calyx. Stamens with obovate filaments 3·5–4 mm. long, with hairs on the shoulders; anthers 3·5–6 mm. long, pubescent. Ovary oblong-ovoid, stipitate, glandular; styles 3–4 mm. long, puberulous in the lower half. Capsule 5–8 × 5–7 mm., truncate-ovoid to oblong-ovoid, thinly stellate-pubescent with some glands or glabrescent, with spreading horns at the apex up to 1·5 mm. long. Seeds c. 1·75 × 0·75 mm., brown, subreniform, wrinkled and granulate.
Habitat
In our drier and hotter areas, occurring in woodland, the grassy margins of seasonal swamps and also as a weed of cultivation.
Distribution
Mozambique MS Chemba, fl. 12.iv.1960, Lemos & Macuácua 67 (BM; LMJ).Zimbabwe S Gwanda, fl. 15.xii.1956, Davies 2311 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe E Sabi valley. Hot Springs, fl. 26.xii.1947, Chase 477 (BM; K; SRGH).Zimbabwe W Wankie Game Reserve, fl. 15.ii.1956, Wild 4734 (K; SRGH).Botswana SE Kuke Pan, fl. & fr. 24.iii.1930, van Son in Herb. Transv. Mus. 29012 (BM; K; PRE; SRGH).Botswana SW Ghanzi, fl. & fr. ii.1952, de Beer 48 (PRE; SRGH); Takatshwane Pan, fl. 21.ii.1960, Wild 5110 (K; PRE; SRGH).Mozambique T Ulandi, fl., Guerra 78 (COI).Zimbabwe N Mtoko, Nyangombe R., fl. & fr. 11.viii.1950, Whellan 465 (K; SRGH).Botswana N NE. tip of Lake Ngami, fl. 18.ix.1954, Story 4717 (PRE).
Distribution (external)
Kenya
Tanganyika
Angola
SW. Africa
Transvaal
Notes
Engler, Schumann (loc. cit.) and others have considered this plant to be a variety of H. modesta but in my opinion the differences of leaf-shape, petiole-length, seed-colour and testa-pattern render such a concept untenable. Within H. kirkii itself there is considerable variation. The Lupata syntype of H. kirkii represents one form with smaller leaves, a more branching habit, petals scarcely exceeding the calyx and a more ovoid capsule. The syntypes of H. lugardii represent the other forms with larger leaves, less branching habit, petals much exceeding the calyx and a more elongate capsule. There are, however, plenty of intermediates and no geographical segregation of the two forms.

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