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Psydrax fragrantissima

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Isotype of Plectronia fragrantissima K. Schum. [family RUBIACEAE]
Isotype of Plectronia fragrantissima (K.Schum.) Bridson [family RUBIACEAE]
Isotype of Plectronia fragrantissima K.Schum. [family RUBIACEAE]
Isotype of Plectronia fragrantissima K. Schum. [family RUBIACEAE]
Isotype of Psydrax fragrantissima (K. Schum.) Bridson [family RUBIACEAE]
Isotype of Plectronia fragrantissima K.Schum. [family RUBIACEAE]
Isotype of Plectronia fragrantissima K. Schum. [family RUBIACEAE]
Psydrax fragrantissima (K.Schum.) Bridson [family RUBIACEAE]
Isotype of Psydrax fragrantissima (K.Schum.) Bridson [family RUBIACEAE]
Type of Plectronia fragrantissima K.Schum. [family OLINIACEAE]
Isotype of Plectronia fragrantissima K.Schum. [family RUBIACEAE]
Isotype of Plectronia fragrantissima K.Schum. [family RUBIACEAE]
Isotype of Plectronia fragrantissima K.Schum. [family RUBIACEAE]
Isotype of Plectronia fragrantissima K.Schum. [family RUBIACEAE]
Isotype of Plectronia fragrantissima K.Schum. [family RUBIACEAE]
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Name

Identification
Psydrax fragrantissima (K.Schum.) Bridson [family RUBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Bridson,D., Isotype of Plectronia fragrantissima K.Schum. [family RUBIACEAE ]
Related name
  • Psydrax fragrantissima
  • Plectronia fragrantissima

Flora

Entry for Psydrax fragrantissima K. Schum. Bridson [family RUBIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 5, Part 2, (1998) Author: D. Bridson
Names
Psydrax fragrantissima K. Schum. Bridson [family RUBIACEAE], in Kew Bull. 40: 711 (1985). —K. Coates Palgrave, Trees Southern Africa, ed. 3, rev.: 16k of appendix (1988). Type: Mozambique, Maputo (Lourenço Marques), Schlechter 11635 (B†, holotype; BR; COI; K; L; LE; WAG).
Plectronia fragrantissima K. Schum. [family RUBIACEAE], in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 75 (1899). —Schinz in Mém. Herb. Boissier, No. 10: 68 (1900).
Canthium locuples [family RUBIACEAE], sensu Codd in Kirkia 1: 108 (1961), pro parte, non K. Schum.
Canthium fragrantissimum K. Schum. Cavaco [family RUBIACEAE], in Portugaliae Acta Biol., Sér. B, Sist. 11: 220 (1972).
Psydrax obovata [family RUBIACEAE], sensu Pooley, Trees of Natal, Zululand & Transkei: 476, figs. (1993), pro parte.
Information
Shrub or small tree 2.5–6 m tall; young branches square in section, sparsely puberulous to puberulous; bark pale grey.Leaf blades 1.3–3 × 0.9–2.1 cm, obovate, rounded at apex, acute to somewhat attenuate at base, coriaceous, shiny on upper surface, glabrous, margins recurved; lateral nerves in 2–3 main pairs but sometimes only 1 pair clearly apparent; tertiary nerves obscure; domatia pit-like, glabrous or sometimes absent; petioles 2(3) mm long, puberulous; stipules 1–2.5 mm long, truncate at their base with a linear decurrent lobe, puberulous outside.Flowers 4-merous, borne in 10–35-flowered pedunculate corymbs; peduncles 8–22 mm long, puberulous or sparsely pubescent; pedicels 1–4 mm long, glabrescent to sparsely pubescent; bracteoles inconspicuous.Calyx tube 1 mm long, glabrous to glabrescent; limb 0.25 mm long, repand or somewhat dentate.Corolla cream-coloured; tube 1.5–2.5 mm long, with a ring of deflexed hairs at the throat; lobes 2.5–3 × 1–1.25 mm, oblong, acute.Anthers reflexed.Style c. 6 mm long; pollen presenter 0.75–1.25 mm long; disk glabrous.Immature fruit 6.5 × 6 mm, ± oblong in lateral view.
Habitat
Principally with Afzelia quanzensis, Syzygium, Mimusops caffra and Dialium schlechteri
Altitude range
0–50 m.
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Distribution
Mozambique M Marracuene to Maputo (Lourenço Marques), fr. i.iv.1983, Groenendijk & de Koning 292 (K; LMU).
Distribution (external)
South Africa (northern KwaZulu-Natal)
Notes
This species is very close to Psydrax obovata, differing in the smaller size of the leaves and flowers. More gatherings may indicate that varietal rank within Psydrax obovata would be more appropriate, or even that it cannot be kept separate at any level. However, as mature fruit have not yet been seen, the present status is maintained for the time being.

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