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Kelleronia gillettiae

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Identification
Kelleronia gillettiae Baker f. [family ZYGOPHYLLACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Data not digitized, Kelleronia bricchettii Chiov. [family ZYGOPHYLLACEAE ] Verified by Data not digitized,
Related name
  • Kelleronia macropoda
  • Kelleronia gillettiae
  • Kelleronia obbiadensis
  • Kelleronia bricchettii

Flora

Entry for KELLERONIA gillettiae Bak. [family ZYGOPHYLLACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
KELLERONIA gillettiae Bak. [family ZYGOPHYLLACEAE], (1898), as “ gillettii ”;. types: NW Somalia, without precise locality, Gillett s.n., “Wagga” Mt, Lort Phillips s.n. (K syn.). Plate 3 A.
Tribulus gillettiae (Bak.) Chiov. [family ZYGOPHYLLACEAE], (1929);. types: NW Somalia, without precise locality, Gillett s.n., “Wagga” Mt, Lort Phillips s.n. (K syn.). Plate 3 A.
KELLERONIA bricchettii Chiov. [family ZYGOPHYLLACEAE], (1916);. types: “Merehan”, Robecchi-Bricchetti 32, 33 & “Nogal” R., Robecchi-Bricchetti 34 bis (FT syn.).
Tribulus bricchettii (Chiov.) Chiov. [family ZYGOPHYLLACEAE], (1929);. types: “Merehan”, Robecchi-Bricchetti 32, 33 & “Nogal” R., Robecchi-Bricchetti 34 bis (FT syn.).
KELLERONIA macropoda Chiov. [family ZYGOPHYLLACEAE], (1929);. type: C2, between “Garass Hebla Aden” and “Jesomma”, Puccioni & Stefanini 154 (FT holo.).
Tribulus macropodus (Chiov.) Chiov. [family ZYGOPHYLLACEAE], (1929);. type: C2, between “Garass Hebla Aden” and “Jesomma”, Puccioni & Stefanini 154 (FT holo.).
KELLERONIA obbiadensis Chiov. [family ZYGOPHYLLACEAE], (1929);. type: C1, “Ilbehlá” near Hobyo, Puccioni & Stefanini 537 (FT holo.).
Tribulus obbiadensis (Chiov.) Chiov. [family ZYGOPHYLLACEAE], (1929);. type: C1, “Ilbehlá” near Hobyo, Puccioni & Stefanini 537 (FT holo.).
Information
Scandent or prostrate shrub or subshrub, 0.5–3 m tall; young stems densely pilose; old stems sometimes with corky ridges. Leaves alternate or the upper opposite, 2.5–6 cm long; leaflets 2–5 pairs, obliquely elliptic-oblong or ovate-oblong, 8–20 x 4–10 mm, densely pubescent with appressed hairs; stipules linear, 5–7 mm long. Pedicel 12–40 mm long. Sepals lanceolate-acuminate, 15–19 mm long, pilose with ± spreading hairs. Petals bright red, 25–35 mm long. Stamens with filaments c. 6–10 mm long. Ovary pilose with hairs c. 1.5–2 mm long; style 10–20 mm long; stigma capitate. Fruit sparsely pilose; mericarps c. 10 mm long, with a somewhat reticulately wrinkled surface, but without horns.
Range
N1; C1, 2
Altitude range
30–200 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Thulin & Warfa 4688; Thulin & Abdi Dahir 6447; Kuchar 16636.
Distribution (external)
E Ethiopia
Notes
Obach (Som.-N); geed aboodi (Som.-C). The flowers of K. bricchettii were said to be yellow, but this must refer to dry material. The type of K. macropoda is a form with thickened pedicels, perhaps caused by disease. Previous records of “ K. gillettii ” from Arabia are actually based on material of K. revoilii.

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