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Pentodon abyssinicus

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Identification
Isotype of Pentodon abyssinicus Hochst. [family RUBIACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Pentodon pentandrus (Schumach. & Thonn.) Vatke [family RUBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Pentodon abyssinicus
  • Pentodon pentander
  • Pentodon pentandrus
  • Oldenlandia macrophylla

Flora

Entry for PENTODON pentandrus var. pentandrus [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
PENTODON pentandrus var. pentandrus [family RUBIACEAE], ; Bremek. in Verh. K. Nederl. Akad. Wet., Afd. Natuurk., ser. 2, 48(2): 177 (1952)
Hedyotis pentandra Schumach. & Thonn. [family RUBIACEAE], in K. Danske Vid. Selsk. Nat. Math. Afh. 3: 71 (1827)
Oldenlandia pentandra (Schumach. & Thonn.) DC. [family RUBIACEAE], Prodr. 4: 427 (1830), non Retz.
Oldenlandia macrophylla DC. [family RUBIACEAE], Prodr. 4: 427 (1830); Hiern in F.T.A. 3: 63 (1877). Type: Gambia, Albreda, Leprieur & Perrottet (G-DC, holo.)
Pentodon abyssinicus Hochst. [family RUBIACEAE], in Flora 27: 552 (1844). Type: Ethiopia, Schimper (?TUB, holo.)
Information
Flowers isostylous or with style exserted and anthers included but never with flowers truly heterostylous; corolla usually small, the tube ± 2 mm. long, rather more cylindrical than funnel-shaped.
Range
DISTR. U2–4; K1, ? 4, ? 5, ? 7; T1–4, 6, 7, 8 widespread in tropical Africa from Cape Verde Is., W. Africa (Senegal—Angola), Arabia, Sudan, Ethiopia and Somali Republic to Malawi and Zambia, Rhodesia, Botswana, South West Africa, Madagascar
Altitude range
(?200–)450–2250 m.
Distribution
KENYA Northern Frontier Province Mathews Range, Kichich, 23 Dec. 1958, Newbould 3563! & Mathews Range, 11 June 1959, Kerfoot 1144! & same area, Mandasion, 7 Dec. 1960, Kerfoot 2557!TANZANIA Arusha District Ngurdoto Crater National Park, Longil, E. Lake, 24 Feb. 1966, Greenway & Kanuri 12388!TANZANIA Ufipa District Lake Tanganyika, Kipili, 1 Feb. 1950, Bullock 2381!TANZANIA Rungwe District Mbaka R., 13 Jan. 1912, Stolz 1828!UGANDA Bunyoro District Bugamba, May 1943, Purseglove 1570!UGANDA Busoga District 16 km. E. of Jinja, by margin of Lake Victoria, 3 Oct. 1952, G. H. Wood 467A!UGANDA Mengo District Entebbe, Sept. 1944, Maitland 226!
Distribution (external)
U.S.A. (Florida & Texas)
Cuba
Nicaragua
Brazil (see p. 263)

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