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Osbeckia abyssinica

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Identification
Osbeckia abyssinica Gilg [family MELASTOMATACEAE ] Dissotis irvingiana Hook.f. [family MELASTOMATACEAE ] Dissotis senegambiensis (Guill. & Perr.) Triana [family MELASTOMATACEAE ] Verified by Wickens, G.E., Dissotis senegambiensis unrecorded [family MELASTOMATACEAE ] (stored under name);
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  • Osbeckia abyssinica
  • Dissotis irvingiana
  • Dissotis senegambiensis

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Entry for DISSOTIS senegambiensis var. senegambiensis [family MELASTOMATACEAE]
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, (1975) Author: G. E. WICKENS
Names
DISSOTIS senegambiensis var. senegambiensis [family MELASTOMATACEAE], ; A. & R. Fernandes in Bol. Soc. Brot., sér.2, 46: 69 (1972)
Osbeckia senegambiensis Guill. & Perr. [family MELASTOMATACEAE], in Fl. Seneg. Tent. 1: 310 (1833); Hook. f. in F.T.A. 2: 443 (1871); Gilg in E.M. 2: 8 (1898); V.E. 3 (2): 746 (1921); F.P.S. 1:194 (1950); F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 1: 249 (1954)
Dissotis irvingiana Hook. [family MELASTOMATACEAE], in Bot. Mag. 85, t. 5149 (1859); Hook. f. in F.T.A 2: 453 (1871); Gilg in E.M. 2: 20 (1898); V.E. 3 (2): 752 (1921); F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 1: 259 (1954); A. & R. Fernandes in Garcia de Orta 2: 179 (1954). Types: Nigeria, Abeokuta, Irving 119 & Nupe, Barter 1025 (both K, syn. !)
Osbeckia abyssinica Gilg [family MELASTOMATACEAE], in E.M. 2: 8 (1898); V.E. 3 (2): 746 (1921); F.P.S. 1: 194 (1950). Type: Ethiopia, Begemder, Carruta, 1863, Schimper 1437 (B, holo. †, BM, K, iso. !)
Osbeckia saxicola Gilg [family MELASTOMATACEAE], in E.M. 2: 7, t. 1/D (1898); V.E. 3 (2): 746, fig. 317/c (1921); F.P.S. 1: 194 (1950). Type: Sudan, Jur [Ghattas Zeriba], 1869, Schweinfurth 1494 (K, lecto. !)
Osbeckia densiflora [family MELASTOMATACEAE], [sensu Gilg in E.M. 2: 8 (1898), quoad specim. Buchanan 114, non Gilg sensu stricto]
Osbeckia crepiniana Cogn. [family MELASTOMATACEAE], in Ann. Mus. Congo, Bot., sér.1, 1: 23, t. 12/10–11 (1898); V.E. 3 (2): 746 (1921). Type: Zaire, Zambi, Dewévre (BR, holo.)
Osbeckia cogniauxiana De Wild. [family MELASTOMATACEAE], Pl. Bequaert. 1: 374 (1922). Type: Zaire, Angi, Bequaert 5793 (BR, holo.)
Dissotis kassnerana Kraenzlin [family MELASTOMATACEAE], in Viert. Nat. Ges. Zürich 76: 151 (1931). Type: Kenya, Kitui District, Galunka, Kassner 861 (BM, K, iso. !)
Dissotis irvingiana (Gilg) A. & R. Fernandes forma abyssinica [family MELASTOMATACEAE], in Garcia de Orta 2: 179 (1954) & in Mem. Soc. Brot. 11: 36, 87 (1956) & in Bol. Soc. Brot., sér.2, 34: 188 (1960).
Dissotis irvingiana forma irvingiana [family MELASTOMATACEAE], ; A. & R. Fernandes in An. Junta Invest. Ultramar 10, 3: 36 (1955) & in Mem. Soc. Brot. 11: 36 (1956) & in Bol. Soc. Brot., sér.2, 34: 188 (1960)
Information
Flowers 5-merous. Stamens subequal (forma senegambiensis),or markedly unequal (forma irvingiana (Hook.) A. & R. Fernandes).
Range
DISTR. U1–4; K2–6; T1, 3, 5, 7 widespread in tropical Africa from Senegal to Ethiopia and southwards to Mozambique
Altitude range
1050–2700 m.
Distribution
KENYA Nakuru, 7 Dec. 1956, Verdcourt 1618 !KENYA Machakos District Nzaui Hill, 18 June 1966, D. Wood 712 !KENYA Kericho District Amala [Mara] R., Aug. 1960, Kerfoot 2153 !TANZANIA Bukoba District Mshamba, Dec. 1931, Haarer 2343 !TANZANIA Kondoa, 16 June 1958, Mahinde 1 !TANZANIA Iringa District Dabaga Highlands, Idewa, 22 Feb. 1962, Polhill & Paulo 1568A !UGANDA Karamoja District Mt. Kadam, Apr. 1959, J. Wilson 727 !UGANDA Ankole District Kalinzu Forest, 21 May 1961, Symes 732 !UGANDA Mengo District Entebbe, Sept. 1922, Maitland 215 !

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