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Hirtella katangensis

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Identification
Hirtella katangensis Hauman [family CHRYSOBALANACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Magnistipula butayei De Wild. [family CHRYSOBALANACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Champluvier D., 1990
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  • Magnistipula butayei
  • Hirtella katangensis

Flora

Entry for Magnistipula butayei subsp. transitoria F. White [family CHRYSOBALANACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 4, Part 0, page 33, (1978) Author: F. White
Names
Magnistipula butayei subsp. transitoria F. White [family CHRYSOBALANACEAE], in Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 46: 287 (1976). TAB. 12 fig. C. Type: Zambia, Kawambwa, in fringing forest, fl. 23.viii.1957, Fanshawe 3548 (K, holotype; FHO, isotype).
Hirtella katangensis Hauman [family CHRYSOBALANACEAE], in Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux. 21: 179 (1951); in F.C.B. 3: 40 (1952). Type from Zaire.
Hirtella bangweolensis var. glabriuscula Hauman [family CHRYSOBALANACEAE], tom. cit.: 183 (1951); tom. cit.: 39 (1952). Type from Zaire.
Hirtella butayei var. greenwayi Brenan Hauman [family CHRYSOBALANACEAE], loc. cit.; tom. cit.: 42 (1952) quoad, specim. Zaire tantum.
Magnistipula katangensis Hauman Mendes [family CHRYSOBALANACEAE], in Mem. Junta Invest. Ultramar, Sér. 2, 19: 11 (1960); in C.F.A. 4: 18 (1970). Type as for H. katangensis.
Hirtella sp. 1 [family CHRYSOBALANACEAE], ; F. White, F.F.N.R.: 69 (1962).
Information
Leaves usually oblanceolate and acuminate or subacuminate at apex and acute at base, but sometimes indistinguishable from subsp. bangweolensis; flowers 0·7–0·8 cm. long, usually less strongly curved and less gibbous, but sometimes the same shape as in subsp. bangweolensis.
Habitat
Inside and at the edges of fringing forest.
Distribution
Zambia W Mwinilunga Distr., Zambezi R., 7 km. N. of Kalene Hill, fr. 26.ix.1952, White 3379 (BM; COI; EA; FHO; K).Zambia N Kawambwa Distr., Chishinga Ranch, fl. 6.ix.1966, Lawton 1418 (FHO; K).
Distribution (external)
Tanzania
Zaire

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