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Name

Identification
Myrica goetzei Engl. [family MYRICEAE ] (stored under name); Isotype of Myrica goetzei Engl. [family MYRICEAE ]
Related name
  • Myrica goetzei
  • Morella salicifolia
  • Myrica pilulifera
  • Myrica salicifolia

Flora

Entry for MORELLA salicifolia (Engl.) Verdc. & Polhill var. kilimandscharica [family MYRICACEAE]
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, (2000) Author: R.M. Polhill, B.A., PH.D., F.L.S. and B. VERDCOURT, B.Sc., Ph.D.
Names
MORELLA salicifolia (Engl.) Verdc. & Polhill var. kilimandscharica [family MYRICACEAE], in K.B. 53: 995 (1998)
Myrica salicifolia var.? [family MYRICACEAE], sensu Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. Bot., ser. 2, 2: 349 (1887), based on Johnston specimen from Kilimanjaro
Myrica kilimandscharica Engl. [family MYRICACEAE], Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr.: 188 (1892) & P.O.A. C: 160 (1895); A. Chev., Monogr. Myric.: 143 (1901); Engl. in E.J. 45: 279, fig. k–m (1910) & V.E. 3 (1): 8, fig. 4/k–m (1915); Hutch. in F.T.A. 6 (2): 312 (1917), pro parte, excl. specim. Kassner 3193; T.C.E. Fr. in N.B.G.B. 11: 39 (1930); F.D.-O.A. 2: 59 (1932); T.S.K.: 83 (1936); Boutique in F.C.B. 1: 37 (1948), pro parte, et excl. specim. cit.
Myrica usambarensis Engl. [family MYRICACEAE], P.O.A. C: 160 (1895); A. Chev., Monogr. Myric.: 151 (1901); V.E. 3 (1): 10 (1915); Hutch. in F.T.A. 6 (2): 312 (1917); F.D.-O.A. 2: 58 (1932); T.T.C.L.: 366 (1949). Type: Tanzania, Lushoto District, W Usambara Mts, Mlalo, Holst 513 (B†, holo.)
Myrica kilimandscharica Engl. var. macrophylla [family MYRICACEAE], in E.J. 28: 375 (1900) & 30: 290 (1901); F.D.-O.A. 2: 60 (1932). Types: Tanzania, Morogoro District, Uluguru Mts, near Mgamba, Stuhlmann 8876 (B†, syn.) & Uluguru Mts without more precise locality, Goetze 229 & 230 (B†, syn., K!, isosyn.)
Myrica goetzei [family MYRICACEAE], [sensu Peter, F.D.-O.A. 2: 58 (1932), pro parte, non Engl.]
Myrica salicifolia [family MYRICACEAE], [sensu K.T.S., fig. 63 (1961), non A. Rich. sensu stricto]
Myrica humilis [family MYRICACEAE], [sensu lato F. White in Opera Bot. 121: 177 (1993), non Cham. & Schltdl.]
Information
Shrub or usually tree up to 12 m tall. Leaves oblong or oblong-elliptic, 2.7–10 cm long, 1.5–4.2 cm wide, ± rounded to bluntly pointed at the apex, broadly cuneate to rounded at the base, mostly unequal-sided, margin mostly distinctly recurved, variously toothed or subentire, glabrous to sparsely pubescent; gland dots usually very evident; petioles 5–9 mm long.
Range
DISTR. K 4–7; T 2, 3, 5–8
Altitude range
(800–)1100–2300 m
Distribution
KENYA Embu District Chuka, Rammell in F.D. 1068!;TANZANIA Moshi District Kilimanjaro, Marangu, May 1893, Volkens 234!;KENYA Machakos/Masai District Chyulu Hills South, 17 July 1938, Bally 8010!; Taita [Teita] Hills, Gardner in F.D. 2947!TANZANIA Morogoro District Uluguru Mts, 5 km S of Bunduki, 15 Mar. 1953, Drummond & Hemsley 1619!;TANZANIA Njombe District Ndumbi Forest, Feb. 1954, Paulo 261!
Distribution (external)
; Zambia (Nyika Plateau)
Malawi (see note)
Notes
M. usambarensis is based on sterile shoots, possibly from a sucker, the leaves being shortly petiolate and biserrate. The differences in leaf-shape between flowering and sucker shoots is demonstrated well for example by Drummond & Hemsley 1619 cited above. We infer from the type-locality that M. usambarensis is a synonym of this subspecies. Gardner (F.D. 2947) gives the lower altitudinal limit as 750 m. Certain material from Burundi appears indistinguishable from this variety but no young flowers are available, only fruits.

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