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Nuxia usambarensis

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Identification
Nuxia floribunda Benth. [family BUDDLEJACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Leeuwenberg,A.J.M., Isotype of Nuxia usambarensis Gilg [family BUDDLEJACEAE ] Verified by Leeuwenberg,A.J.M.,
Related name
  • Nuxia volkensii
  • Nuxia holstii
  • Nuxia usambarensis
  • Nuxia floribunda

Flora

Entry for NUXIA Holstii Gilg [family BUDDLEJACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 4, Part 1, page 503, (1904) Author: (By J. G. Baker.)
Names
NUXIA Holstii Gilg [family BUDDLEJACEAE], in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 312.
NUXIA floribunda Gilg var. Holstii [family BUDDLEJACEAE], in Engl. Glied. Veg. Usambara, 54.
NUXIA usambarensis Gilg [family BUDDLEJACEAE], in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 312.
NUXIA Volkensii Gilg [family BUDDLEJACEAE], in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 312.
Information
A tree; branchlets slender, glabrous, acutely angled. Leaves distinctly petioled, lanceolate, 3–4 in. long, 3/4–1 in. broad, acute, entire, thin, glabrous on both surfaces; main veins 10–12-jugate. Cymes lax, forming a broad panicle; pedicels as long as the calyx. Calyx funnel-shaped, glabrous, 1/8 in. long; teeth minute, ovate. Corolla-lobes 1/12 in. long.
Distribution
German East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Usambara; Kwa Mshuza, 4500–5000 ft., Holst, 9070! 9138! Kilimanjaro; Kilema, 4500 ft., Volkens, 1686!Nyasaland Mozamb. Dist. between Kondowe and Karonga, 2000–6000 ft., Whyte, 372!
Notes
Very near the South African N. floribunda, Benth.

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