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Pleiospora latibracteolata

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Identification
Pleiospora latibracteolata Dummer [family FABACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Pearsonia grandifolia (Bolus) Polhill [family FABACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Pearsonia grandifolia
  • Pleiospora latibracteolata

Flora

Entry for Pearsonia grandifolia subsp. latibracteolata Dummer Polhill [family LEGUMINOSAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 3, Part 7, (2003) Author: various authors
Names
Pearsonia grandifolia subsp. latibracteolata Dummer Polhill [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Kew Bull. 29: 396, fig. 3A (1974). —Lock, Leg. Afr. Check-list: 229 (1989). TAB. 3,7: 18, fig. A. Syntypes from South Africa (Mpumalanga).
Pleiospora latibracteolata Dummer [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 3: 334 (1913) as “latebracteolata”. —Burtt Davy, Fl. Pl. Ferns Transvaal, pt. 2: 382 (1932). —Goodier & Phipps in Kirkia 1: 56 (1961).
Phaenohoffmannia latibracteolata Dummer J.B. Gillett [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Kew Bull. 20: 300 (1966). —Drummond in Kirkia 8: 225 (1972).
Information
Bracts 3–7(9) × (1)2.5–6(7) mm, obovate to oblate, rarely lanceolate, acuminate. Pedicels 2–4(6) mm long. Calyx (1.2)1.4–1.8(2.2) cm long.
Habitat
Montane grassland, often on rocky hillsides or by streams
Altitude range
1650–2300 m.
2300
1650
Distribution
Zimbabwe E Nyanga Distr., Nyamziwa Falls, fl. 11.i.1951, Chase 3676 (BM; K; SRGH); Chimanimani Mts., on lower SE slopes of Mt. Peza, fl. 30.xii.1957, Goodier 481 (K; SRGH).
Distribution (external)
South Africa (Gauteng and Mpumalanga)
Notes
Subsp. grandifolia, with narrower bracts, shorter pedicels and mostly smaller flowers, occurs further south in South Africa in the Free State and KwaZulu-Natal. Specimens from the Chimanimani Mts., including Goodier 481 cited above, have unusually narrow bracteoles for the subspecies, but agree in other respects.

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