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Otiophora burttii

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Identification
Otiophora burttii Milne-Redh. [family RUBIACEAE ] Otiophora pauciflora Baker [family RUBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Pentanisia unrecorded unrecorded [family RUBIACEAE ]
Related name
  • Pentanisia unrecorded
  • Otiophora burttii
  • Otiophora pauciflora

Flora

Entry for OTIOPHORA pauciflora (Milne-Redh.) Verdc. subsp. burttii [family RUBIACEAE]
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, (1976) Author: B. VERDCOURT
Names
OTIOPHORA pauciflora (Milne-Redh.) Verdc. subsp. burttii [family RUBIACEAE], in Garcia de Orta, Sér. Bot. 1(1–2): 29 (1973). Type: Zaire, Virunga Mts., between Mts. Sabinio and Vissoke, Mashiga Pass, B. D. Burtt 2993 (K, holo.!, EA, iso.!)
OTIOPHORA burttii Milne-Redh. [family RUBIACEAE], in B.J.B.B. 18: 103 (1946)
OTIOPHORA pauciflora (Milne-Redh.) Verdc. var. burttii [family RUBIACEAE], in J.L.S. 53: 411 (1950)
Information
Leaf-blades mostly more lanceolate and almost sessile. Inflorescence with more flowers than in typical subspecies. Foliaceous calyx-lobes less ovate. Fruits smaller, 2.5–3 mm. long. Seeds rather smaller, 1.5–2 mm. long and distinctly tapering.
Range
DISTR. U2; T7
Altitude range
1800–2400 m.
Distribution
TANZANIA Iringa District Mufindi, 29 Apr. 1969, Paget-Wilkes 499!UGANDA Kigezi District Lake Mutanda, Mushongero, 1 Feb. 1939, Loveridge 474! & Bukimbiri, Bufumbira, Oct. 1947, Purseglove 2502! & Luhizha, Kinaba, Mar. 1947, Purseglove 2364!
Distribution (external)
E. Zaire
Rwanda
Burundi

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