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Mellera parvifolia

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Identification
Mellera parvifolia Lindau [family ACANTHACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Dyschoriste trichocalyx (Oliv.) Lindau [family ACANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Vollesen K., 2006
Related name
  • Dyschoriste trichocalyx
  • Mellera parvifolia

Flora

Entry for Dyschoriste trichocalyx (C.B.Clarke) Vollesen subsp. verticillaris [family ACANTHACEAE]
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, (2008) Author: Kaj Vollesen
Names
Dyschoriste trichocalyx (C.B.Clarke) Vollesen subsp. verticillaris [family ACANTHACEAE], comb. nov. Type: Malawi, Shire Highlands, Buchanan 74 (K!, lecto., selected here)
Calophanes verticillaris Oliv. [family ACANTHACEAE], in Trans. Linn. Soc. 29: 126 (1875), nom. nud.
Nomaphila glandulosa Klotzsch [family ACANTHACEAE], in Peters, Reise Mossamb. 2: 198 (1861), non Dyschoriste glandulosa (Nees) Kuntze (1891). Type: Mozambique, Rios de Sena, Peters s.n. (B†, holo.)
Hygrophila glandulosa (Klotzsch) Lindau [family ACANTHACEAE], in P.O.A. C: 367 (1895)
Mellera parvifolia Lindau [family ACANTHACEAE], in E.J. 24: 314 (1897); C.B. Clarke in F.T.A. 5: 52 (1899); S. Moore in J.B. 67: 229 (1929). Type: Congo-Kinshasa, Lufira River, Descamps s.n. (BR!, holo.)
Dyschoriste verticillaris C.B.Clarke [family ACANTHACEAE], in F.T.A. 5: 75 (1899); De Wildeman, Etud. Fl. Katanga 1: 145 (1903) & Contrib. Fl. Katanga: 197 (1921); T.T.C.L.: 8 (1949); Milne-Redhead in Mem. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 9: 22 (1954); Binns, Checklist Herb. Fl. Malawi: 13 (1968); Vollesen in Opera Bot. 59: 80 (1980); Lebrun & Stork, Enum. Pl. Afr. Trop. 4: 480 (1997)
Dyschoriste verdickii De Wild. [family ACANTHACEAE], Etud. Fl. Katanga 1: 144 (1903). Type: Congo-Kinshasa, Shaba, Lukafu, Verdick 375 (BR!, holo.)
Hygrophila homblei De Wild. [family ACANTHACEAE], in F.R. 13: 193 (1914) & Notes Fl. Katanga 4: 79 (1914) & Contrib. Fl. Katanga: 195 (1921). Type: Congo-Kinshasa, Katanga, Kapiri Valley, Homblé 1193 (BR!, holo.; BR!, iso.)
Hygrophila ringoetii De Wild. [family ACANTHACEAE], in F.R. 13:193 (1914) & Notes Fl. Katanga 4: 81 (1914) & Contrib. Fl. Katanga: 196 (1921). Type: Congo-Kinshasa, Katanga, Nieuwdorp, Ringoet 5 (BR!, holo.; BR!, iso.)
Hygrophila kyimbilensis Lindau [family ACANTHACEAE], in E.J. 57: 20 (1920); T.T.C.L.: 8 (1949). Type: Tanzania, Rungwe District: Kyimbila, Lumkali River, Stolz 2099 (B†, holo.; BM!, C!, P!, iso.)
Dyschoriste kyimbilensis (Lindau) S.Moore [family ACANTHACEAE], in J. Bot. 67: 229 (1929); Lebrun & Stork, Enum. Pl. Afr. Trop. 4: 479 (1997)
Lepidagathis glaucifolia Gilli [family ACANTHACEAE], in Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 77: 52 (1973). Type: Tanzania, NE shore of Lake Malawi, Lupingu, Gilli 533 (W, holo.; K!, iso.)
Dyschoriste fischeri [family ACANTHACEAE], [sensu Vollesen in Opera Bot. 59: 80 (1980), non Lindau (1894)]
Dyschoriste tanganyikensis [family ACANTHACEAE], [sensu Vollesen in Opera Bot. 59: 80 (1980), non C.B.Clarke (1899)]
Dyschoriste sp. aff. verticillaris [family ACANTHACEAE], sensu Vollesen in Opera Bot. 59: 80 (1980)
Information
Calyx usually viscid glandular-puberulous or densely so and usually with long non-glandular pilose hairs, if non-viscid then corolla over 20 mm long; corolla 17–29(–37) mm long.
Range
DISTR. T 4–8
Altitude range
175–2100 m
Distribution
TANZANIA Ufipa District Mbisi Forest, 11 Aug. 1960, Richards 13082!TANZANIA Morogoro District road to Morningside, 25 Oct. 1934, Bruce 33!TANZANIA Songea District 3 km NE of Kigonsera, 13 Apr. 1956, Milne-Redhead & Taylor 9599!
Distribution (external)
Congo-Kinshasa
Zambia
Malawi
Mozambique
Zimbabwe

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