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Lachnopylis floribunda

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Identification
Isotype of Lachnopylis floribunda (Benth.) C.A.Sm. [family BUDDLEJACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Isotype of Nuxia floribunda Benth. [family BUDDLEJACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Leeuwenberg, A.J.M.,
Related name
  • Nuxia floribunda
  • Lachnopylis floribunda

Flora

Entry for NUXIA floribunda Benth. [family BUDDLEJACEAE]
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: E. A. Bruce and J. Lewis
Names
NUXIA floribunda Benth. [family BUDDLEJACEAE], in Hook., Comp. Bot. Mag. 2: 59 (1836) & in DC., Prodr. 10: 435 (1846); Fl. Cap. 4 (1): 1039 (1909). Type: South Africa, Uitenhage District, on the Swartkops R., Ecklon & Zeyher 115 (K, holo.!)
NUXIA holstii Gilg [family BUDDLEJACEAE], in P.O.A. C: 312 (1895); F.T.A. 4 (1): 515 (1903). Type: Tanganyika, W. Usambara Mts., Mshusa, Holst 9138 (B, syn.†)
NUXIA usambarensis Engl. [family BUDDLEJACEAE], in Abh. Preuss. Akad. Wiss.: 63 (1894); P.O.A. C: 312 (1895); Z.A.E.: 534 (1913). Type: Tanganyika, W. Usambara Mts., near Mshusa, Holst 9070 (B, holo.†; BM, iso.!)
NUXIA volkensii Gilg [family BUDDLEJACEAE], in P.O.A. C: 312 (1895). Type: Tanganyika, Kilimanjaro, Volkens 1686 (B, holo.†, K, iso.!)
NUXIA polyantha Gilg [family BUDDLEJACEAE], in E.J. 30: 376 (1901); F.T.A. 4 (1): 513 (1903). Types: Tanganyika, Njombe District, Livingstone Mts., Goetze 1282 (B, syn.†, BM, isosyn.!) & Ukinga Mts., Goetze 988 (B, syn.†)
NUXIA siebenlistii Gilg [family BUDDLEJACEAE], in Siebenlist, Forstw. Deutsch.-Ostafr.: 113 (1914); T.T.C.L.: 273 (1949). Type: Tanganyika, presumably a specimen from W. Usambara Mts. [perhaps Siebenlist 2331—see Fries in N.B.G.B. 8: 698 (1924)]
Lachnopylis floribunda (Benth.) C.A. Sm. [family BUDDLEJACEAE], in K.B. 1930: 25 (1930); I.T.U., ed. 2: 166 (1952); T.T.C.L.: 270 (1949)
Lachnopylis polyantha (Gilg) C.A. Sm. [family BUDDLEJACEAE], in K.B. 1930: 18 (1930); T.T.C.L.: 271 (1949)
Information
Trees up to 20 m. tall or large shrubs; bark pale brownish-grey. Lamina of leaves narrowly elliptic, up to 14 cm. long, 2–4 cm. wide, tapering above to a narrowly acute or acuminate apex, gradually convergent to a cuneate base, distantly denticulate to entire, glabrous. Inflorescences terminal and lax. puberulous when young, glabrate. Calyx 4 mm. long; lobes cleanly dividing, Corolla white to yellow; lobes rounded above, glabrous. Ovary glabrous. Fruit almost twice the length of the calyx, glabrous.
Range
DISTR. U2; K7; T2–4, 6, 7
Altitude range
1200–2000 m.
Distribution
KENYA Teita Hills, between Wuzi–Ngerenyi road and Bura bluff, Sept. 1953, Drummond & Hemsley 4392!TANGANYIKA Kilimanjaro, Machame, Fau, Feb. 1928, Haarer 1027!;TANGANYIKA Morogoro District Uluguru Mts., Bunduki, on Mgeta R., Mar. 1953, Semsei 1095!;TANGANYIKA Iringa District Isata, July 1953, Carmichael 201!UGANDA Kigezi District Kachwekano Farm, Feb. 1950, Purseglove 3323!
Distribution (external)
; Belgian Congo
Nyasaland
Southern Rhodesia
South Africa
Notes
This species is introduced into gardens in Nairobi district.

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