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Memecylon sansibaricum

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Type of Memecylon buchananii Gilg [family MELASTOMATACEAE]

Isotype of Memecylon buchananii Gilg var. maritamum [family MELASTOMATACEAE]

Memecylon sansibaricum Taub. [family MELASTOMATACEAE]

Warneckea sansibarica unrecorded [family MELASTOMATACEAE]

Warneckea sansibarica (Taub.) Jacq. -Fel. var. sansibaricum [family MELASTOMATACEAE]

Isotype of Memecylon sansibaricum Taub. ex Engler [family MELASTOMATACEAE]

Filed as Memecylon sansibaricum (Gilg) A.& R.Fern. var. buchananii [family MELASTOMATACEAE]

Isotype of Memecylon stolzii Engl. [family MELASTOMATACEAE]

Warneckea sansibarica unrecorded var. sansbaricum [family MELASTOMATACEAE]

Type of Memecylon buchananii Gilg [family MELASTOMATACEAE]

Isotype of Memecylon lutambense Markgr. [family MELASTOMATACEAE]

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Identification

Isotype of Memecylon lutambense Markgr. [family MELASTOMATACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Memecylon sansibaricum Taub. [family MELASTOMATACEAE ] Verified by Van der Veken P., 1956 Warneckea sansibarica (Taub.) Jacq.-Fel. [family MELASTOMATACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Stone R.D., 2006

Flora

Entry for WARNECKEA sansibarica (Taub.) Jac.-Fél. [family MELASTOMATACEAE]

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

Reference Sources

Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

WARNECKEA sansibarica (Taub.) Jac.-Fél. [family MELASTOMATACEAE], (1978);

Memecylon sansibaricum Taub. [family MELASTOMATACEAE], (1895). [type as above]

Evergreen shrub or tree. Leaf-blade ovate, 1.4–9.5(–12) x 1.2–5(–6.4) cm, obtuse to acuminate at the apex; petiole 1–4(–6) mm long. Flowers pedicellate, in axillary clusters. Calyx 1–1.5 mm long with short lobes. Petals 1.5–3 mm long, white turning blue. Fruit 5–8(–10) mm in diam., bluish.

SOMALIA Friis, Vollesen & Abdisalam S. Hassan 4978.

Distribution (external)