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Kirkia dewinteri

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Paratype of Kirkia dewinteri Merxm. & Heine [family KIRKIACEAE]
Paratype of Kirkia dewinteri Merxm. & Heine [family SIMAROUBACEAE]
Isotype of Kirkia dewinteri Merxm. & Heine [family KIRKIACEAE]
Holotype of Kirkia dewinteri Merxm. & Heine [family SIMAROUBACEAE]
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Name

Identification
Kirkia dewinteri Merxm. & Heine [family SIMAROUBACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
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Flora

Entry for Kirkia dewinteri [family SIMAROUBACEAE]
Herbarium
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Compton Herbarium, Cape Town (SAM)
Collection
Flora of Southern Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of South Africa, (2003) Author: Dr J.P. Roux
Names
Kirkia dewinteri [family SIMAROUBACEAE]
Information
Tree, 3-10 m high; bark smooth, yel­lowish with numerous small blackish spots. Leaves hysteranthous. Leaflets in 20-40 pairs, glabrous, elliptic, 6-16 x 2-3 mm, apex acute to acuminate, base slightly oblique, mar­gin minutely crenate; petiolules absent or up to 1 mm long. Flowers coming out before the leaves, with pedicels articulated near base, whitish-puberulous. Sepals puberulous, 1,5-3 x 1 — 1,5 mm. Petals glabrous or puberulous on outer surface, 3,5-5 x 1,5-2 mm, cream. Stamens of male flowers with anthers oval, 1 -1,5 mm long; filaments linear, glabrous, ±3 mm long; stamens of female flowers 14-M as large. Fruit with a few hairs near the apex, c. 6 x 6 mm.
Use
2. Kirkia dewinteri Merxm. & Heine in Mitt. bot. StSamml., Munch. 3: 617 (1960); Merxmuller in F.S.W.A. 2,69 (1966-72); Coates Palgrave, Trees of Southern Africa 345 (1977). Types: S.W.A./Namibia, Kaokoveld, Von Koenen 104 (M, hole; PRE!); Kaokoveld, 24,41 km from Warmbad on road to Ombom-bo, De Winter & Leistner 5837 (M; PRE!).
Range
A rare tree confined to the Sesfontein area in the southern Kaokoland in S.W.A./Namibia. It occurs on the slopes of dolomitic hills and rock outcrops, and has been recorded in flower in September and December. Map 2.

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