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Polygala bukobensis

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Name

Identification
Polygala bukobensis Gürke [family POLYGALACEAE ] Polygala capillaris E.Mey. ex Harv. [family POLYGALACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Paiva,J., 1994
Related name
  • Polygala filicaulis
  • Polygala capillaris
  • Polygala bukobensis

Flora

Entry for Polygala capillaris subsp. capillaris [family POLYGALACEAE]
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, (2007) Author: JORGE PAIVA
Names
Polygala capillaris subsp. capillaris [family POLYGALACEAE]
Polygala bukobensis Gürke [family POLYGALACEAE], in P.O.A. C: 233 (1895). Type: Tanzania, Bukoba District: Bukoba, Gürke 3821 (B†, holo.; K!, iso.)
Polygala volkensii [family POLYGALACEAE], sensu De Wildem. in B.J.B.B. 5: 291 (1919), non Gürke (1895)
Polygala chevalieri [family POLYGALACEAE], sensu A.Chev. & Jacq.-Fél. in A. Chev., Fl. Afr. Oc. Franç.: 262 (1938), pro parte quoad specim. Lecomte, non Chodat (1907)
Polygala capillaris E.M.A.Petit var. tukpwoensis [family POLYGALACEAE], in B.J.B.B. 25: 333 (1955) & in F.C.B. 7: 269, fig 7J (1958). Type: Congo-Kinshasha, Ubangi-Uele, Tukpwo, Gérard 1730 (BR!, holo.; B!, BM!, K!, P!, iso.)
Polygala capillaris E.M.A.Petit var. bosoboloensis [family POLYGALACEAE], in B.J.B.B. 26: 261 (1956). Type: Congo-Kinshasha, Ubangi-Uele, Bosobolo, Evrard 1320 (BR!, holo.)
Polygala filicaulis [family POLYGALACEAE], sensu F.P.U.: 52 (1962), non Baill.
Information
Stems simple or little-branched, without or with very few glands. Fig. 4: 3, p. 10.
Range
DISTR. U 1–4; K 5; T 1, 3, 7, 8 widespread in tropical and subtropical Africa and Madagascar
Altitude range
300–2100 m
Distribution
KENYA North Kavirondo District near Bungoma, Sept. 1967, Tweedie 3490!TANZANIA Bukoba District Bukoba, July 1931, Haarer 2048!TANZANIA Lushoto District Korogwe, 16 Aug. 1967, Archbold 930!TANZANIA Iringa District 12 km W of Sao Hill on road to Mbeya, 9 Jan. 1975, Brummitt & Polhill 13640!UGANDA West Nile District Koboko, Sept. 1938, Hazel 680!UGANDA Teso District Soroti, Sept. 1954, Lund 471!UGANDA Masaka District Bukakata, June 1925, Maitland 806!
Notes
This species is morphologically very variable, but the plants from West tropical Africa can be distinguished [subsp. perrottetiana (Paiva) Paiva in Fontqueria 50: 161, tab. 25/g (1998)] in having much-branched stems and sessile glands.

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