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Identification
Isotype of Polygala punctulata Hochst. [family POLYGALACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Polygala persicariifolia DC. [family POLYGALACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Polygala wallichiana
  • Polygala persicariifolia
  • Polygonum persicariifolia
  • Polygala punctulata
  • Polygala hypericoides
  • Polygala spilophylla
  • Polygala persicariaefolia
  • Polygala granulata

Flora

Entry for Polygala persicariifolia DC. [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 persicariifolia DC. [family POLYGALACEAE], Prodr. 1: 326, 64 (1824) as persicariaefolia; Chodat in Mém. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Genève 31(2): 331, t. 27/22–23 (1893); Petit in F.C.B. 7: 254 (1958); Exell in F.Z. 1, 1: 322, t. 57/16 (1960); F.P.U.: 52 (1962); U.K.W.F. ed. 2: 55 (1994); Paiva in Fontqueria 50: 192, t. 36/g (1998); Gilbert in Fl. Eth. 2, 1: 184, fig. 24.3/7–10 (2000). Type: Nepal, Wallich s.n. (G-DC!, holo.)
Polygala figarina Webb [family POLYGALACEAE], Fragm. Fl. Aethiop.-Aegypt.: 31 (1854). Type: Ethiopia, Fazogl, Figari s.n. (FT!, holo.; P!, iso.)
Polygala hypericoides Webb [family POLYGALACEAE], Fragm. Fl. Aethiop.-Aegypt.: 31 (1854). Type: Sudan, Kordofan, Schimper s.n. (FT!, holo.)
Polygala granulata A.Rich. [family POLYGALACEAE], Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 39 (1847). Type: Ethiopia, Scholoda Mt, Schimper 1225 (P!, holo.; BM!, E!, K!, M!, OXF!, W!, iso.)
Polygala persicariifolia Chodat var. densiflora [family POLYGALACEAE], in Mém. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Genève 31(2): 333 (1893). Type: Malawi, Shire Mt, Buchanan s.n. (BM!, lecto.)
Polygala persicariifolia (A.Rich.) Chodat var. granulata [family POLYGALACEAE], in Mém. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Genève 31(2): 333 (1893)
Polygala persicariifolia Chodat forma latifolia [family POLYGALACEAE], in Mém. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Genève 31(2): 333 (1893). Type: Ethiopia, Matama, Schweinfurth 926 (G, lecto.; BM!, BREM!, G!, K!, W!, isolecto.)
Polygala punctulata Hochst. [family POLYGALACEAE], in Flora 29, Intell. 1(2): 30 (1841), nom. inval . Type: Ethiopia, Scholoda Mt, Schimper 20 (P!, holo.; K!, iso.)
Polygala persicariifolia Chodat var. punctulata [family POLYGALACEAE], in Mém. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Genève 31(2): 333 (1893). Type: Ethiopia, Scholoda Mt, Schimper 20 (P!, holo.; K!, iso.)
Polygala persicariifolia Chodat forma fazogliana [family POLYGALACEAE], in Mém. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Genève 31(2): 333 (1893). Type: Ethiopia, sine loc., Figari s.n. (P!, holo.; FT!, iso.)
Polygala persicariifolia (Chodat) T.Durand & Schinz var. fazogliana [family POLYGALACEAE], Consp. Fl. Afric. 1(2): 242 (1898).
Polygala persicariifolia Lanza & Mattei forma macrophylla [family POLYGALACEAE], in Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Giardino Colon. Palermo 8(1–3): 80 (1909). Type: Ethiopia, Amasen, Filfil, Lanza 148 (FT!, holo.)
Polygala spilophylla Steud. [family POLYGALACEAE], Nom. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 373 (1824), nom. nud.
Information
Annual herb, up to 125 cm tall. Stems slender, simple or ± branched, crisped-pubescent to glabrous. Leaves alternate, petiolate (petiole 1–2 mm, crisped-pubescent), lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, (20–)25–80≈5–30 mm, acuminate, base cuneate, sparsely pubescent to glabrescent. Flowers greenish white, pink, mauve to pale purple, in terminal and lateral racemes 3–12 cm long, rachis crisped-pubescent; bracts lanceolate, 1.5–2 mm long, persistent, bracteoles lanceolate, 0.5–1 mm long, persistent; pedicels 3–5 mm, usually crisped-pubescent. Posterior sepal keel-shaped, 3–3.5≈1–1.5 mm, glabrescent or ciliate; wing sepals obliquely suborbicular-ovate to broadly elliptic, 5–8≈(3.5–)4–6 mm, with prominent venation, glabrous or ciliate; anterior sepals keel-shaped, 2.5–3≈1.5–2 mm, glabrescent or ciliate, free. Upper petals obliquely and irregularly elliptic, 2.5–4≈1.5 mm, notched on one side; carina 4–6≈1.5 mm; crest 2–3 mm long, fimbriate. Stamens 8. Capsule broadly-elliptic to suborbicular in outline, 5–7≈4–5.5 mm, winged, wing up to 0.5 mm wide, ciliate. Seeds ellipsoid, 3–3.5≈1.5 mm, with white silky hairs 0.2 mm long; caruncle subsymmetric, kidney-shaped, with three small appendages. Fig. 6: 4, p. 13.
Range
DISTR. U 1–4; K 3, 5; T 1, 4, 6–8 widespread throughout tropical Asia and tropical Africa
Altitude range
750–2100 m
Distribution
KENYA Trans Nzoia District NE Elgon, 35 km from Kitale on Suam road, Aug. 1971, Tweedie 4096!KENYA South Kavirondo District Lambwe, July 1934, Napier 6703!TANZANIA Ngara District Bugufi, Nyamyaga, Nyakiziba, 27 Apr. 1950, Tanner 4900!TANZANIA Mpanda District Mahali Mts, Kasangazi, 30 Sept. 1958, Jefford, Juniper & Newbould 2777!TANZANIA Iringa District Kimiramatonge Circuit, 9.5 km from Msembe, 6 Mar. 1970, Greenway & Kanuri 14044!UGANDA Karamoja District between Akisim and Kangole, June 1950, Eggeling 5986!UGANDA Toro District Bwamba, Bubundu, 23 Sept. 1932, Thomas 704!UGANDA Mbale District Kapchorwa, 7 Sept. 1954, Lind 232!

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