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Opilia parviflora

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Identification
Opilia parviflora Volkens ex Peter [family OPILIACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet., Opilia amentacea Roxb. [family OPILIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Opilia parviflora
  • Opilia amentacea

Flora

Entry for OPILIA celtidifolia var. celtidifolia [family OPILIACEAE]
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, (1968) Author: G. Ll. Lucas
Names
OPILIA celtidifolia var. celtidifolia [family OPILIACEAE]
Groutia celtidifolia Guill. & Perr. [family ], in Fl. Senegamb. Tent. 1: 101, t. 22 (1831)
Opilia amentacea [family OPILIACEAE], [sensu Oliv., F.T.A. 1: 352 (1868); Bak. f. in J.L.S. 40: 43 (1911); Thonner, Blutenpflanz. Afr., t. 36 (1908) & Fl. Pl. Afr., t. 36 (1915), non Roxb.]
Opilia angiensis De Wild. [family OPILIACEAE], in Rev. Zool. Afr. 10, Suppl. Bot.: 13 (1922) & Pl. Bequaert. 2: 23 (1923). Type: Congo Republic, Kivu Province, Angi, Bequaert 5829 (BR, holo.!)
Opilia ruwenzoriensis De Wild. [family OPILIACEAE], in Rev. Zool. Afr. 10, Suppl. Bot.: 12 (1922); Pl. Bequaert. 2: 24 (1923). Type: Congo Republic, Ruwenzori, Bequaert 3840 (BR, holo.!)
Opilia parviflora A. Peter [family OPILIACEAE], F.D.O.-A., 2: 147 (1932), nomen nudum. Based on: Tanganyika, Kilimanjaro region, Volkens 1964 (B !)
Information
Young branches glabrous to slightly puberulous; leaf-apex tending to be more acute than rounded.
Range
DISTR. U1–3; K1, 4–7; T1–4, 6–8 occurring throughout tropical Africa southwards to Angola
Distribution
KENYA Northern Frontier Province Moyale, 22 Aug. 1952, Gillett 13745!KENYA Masai District NW. of Magadi, 28 Dec. 1958, Greenway 9550!KENYA Kwale District about 19 km. S. of Mombasa, Twiga, 3 Apr. 1963, Verdcourt 3609 !TANGANYIKA Mwanza District Kalemera, 30 Nov. 1953, Tanner 1866 !TANGANYIKA Tanga District Mtimbwani, 6 Dec. 1935, Greenway 4221!TANGANYIKA Pangani District Bushiri Estate, 28 Nov. 1950, Faulkner 743 !UGANDA Acholi District Aswa R., Abbia Ferry, Mar. 1935, Eggeling 1677 !UGANDA Bunyoro District Butiaba Flats, Oct. 1933, Eggeling 1442 !UGANDA Teso District Serere, Jan. 1933, Chandler 1059 !

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