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Pentas oncostipula

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Name

Identification
Pentas oncostipula K.Schum. [family RUBIACEAE ] Verified by Verdcourt?, Pentas lanceolata Not on sheet. [family RUBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Pentas oncostipula
  • Pentas lanceolata

Flora

Entry for Pentas lanceolata var. oncostipula K. Schum. Verdc. [family RUBIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 5, Part 1, (1989) Author: B. Verdcourt
Names
Pentas oncostipula K. Schum. [family RUBIACEAE], in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 34: 329 (1904).
Pentas lanceolata var. oncostipula K. Schum. Verdc. [family RUBIACEAE], in Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux. 23:351 (1953); in F.T.E.A., Rubiaceae 1: 211 (1976). Type from NE. Tanzania.
Information
Inflorescences with components remaining congested even when fruiting, in no way spicate.
Habitat
Albizia and Brachystesia woodlands, Pinus plantations, rocky hillside grassland
Altitude range
1550–2230 m.
2230
1550
Distribution
Mozambique T Angonia, Mt. Dómuè, fl. 9.iii.1964, Torre & Paiva 11097 (COI; LISC; LMU; SRGH; WAG).Malawi C Dedza, Chencherere Hill, fl. 18.i.1959, Robson & Jackson 1243 (BM; K; LISC).
Distribution (external)
Tanzania
Notes
Curiously restricted to the Dedza area. Exell, Mendonça & Wild 1082 has very short corollas.

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