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Hirtella sapinii

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Identification
Hirtella sapinii Not on sheet. [family CHRYSOBALANACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet., Magnistipula butayei Not on sheet. [family CHRYSOBALANACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Magnistipula butayei
  • Hirtella sapinii

Flora

Entry for MAGNISTIPULA butayei (Brenan) R. Grah. var. greenwayii [family CHRYSOBALANACEAE]
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, (1960) Author: R. A. GRAHAM
Names
MAGNISTIPULA butayei (Brenan) R. Grah. var. greenwayii [family CHRYSOBALANACEAE], in K. B. 1957: 406 (1958). Type: Tanganyika, E. Usambara Mts., Amani, Greenway 6161 (K, holo.!, EA, FHO, iso.!)
Hirtella sapinii Brenan var. greenwayii [family CHRYSOBALANACEAE], in Trop. Woods No. 86: 4 (1946); T.T.C.L.: 475 (1949)
Hirtella butayei (Brenan) Hauman var. greenwayii [family CHRYSOBALANACEAE], in B.J.B.B. 21: 179 (1951); F.C.B. 3: 41 (1952)
Information
Leaves narrowed to the base; midrib beneath hairy. Indumentum of the inflorescence rather coarse, spreading, pale rusty-brown.
Range
DISTR. T3
Altitude range
840 m.
Distribution
TANGANYIKA Lushoto District Amani, Apr. 1941, Greenway 6161! & Apr. 1922, Soleman G6133!
Distribution (external)
the Belgian Congo (Haut-Katanga and Bas-Katanga)
Notes
I follow Hauman in classifying var. greenwayii in close kinship with M. butayei rather than with the larger-flowered M. sapinii De Wild., but in view of the preceding comments (under M. bangweolensis) the possibility of a more correct affinity to this latter species should not be ignored. Var. butayei, which is found in the Belgian Congo but not, so far recorded from our area, differs in having a glabrous midrib on the undersurface of the leaves which are usually rounded to cordate at the base, and in the inflorescence indumentum which is largely appressed and fuscous.

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