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Ranunculus ulbrichii

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Name

Identification
Ranunculus ulbrichii Engl. [family RANUNCULACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
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Flora

Entry for RANUNCULUS volkensii Engl. [family RANUNCULACEAE]
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, (1952) Author: E. MILNE-REDHEAD AND W. B. TURRILL
Names
RANUNCULUS volkensii Engl. [family RANUNCULACEAE], in P. O. A. C: 181 (1895); Ulbr. in N. B. G. B. 10: 901 (1930); Staner in B. J. B. B. 15: 310 (1939); Robyns, F.P.N.A. 1: 171 (1948); F.C.B. 2: 171 (1951). Type: Tanganyika, Kilimanjaro, Marangu, Volkens 971 (B, holo. †, K, iso.!)
RANUNCULUS ulbrichii Engl. [family RANUNCULACEAE], in Z.A.E. 208 (1911); Staner in B. J. B. B. 15: 310, tab. XI. fig. 2 (1939); Robyns, F. P. N. A. 1: 172 (1948); F. C. B. 2: 172 (1951). Type: Ruanda-Urundi, Rugege forest, Mildbraed 982a (B, holo. †)
RANUNCULUS elgonensis Ulbr. [family RANUNCULACEAE], in N. B. G. B. 10: 902 (1930). Type: Uganda, Elgon, Dummer 3312 (B, holo. †, K, iso.!)
RANUNCULUS helogeton Ulbr. [family RANUNCULACEAE], l.c. 901 (1930). Type: Kenya, Aberdare Mts., near Sattimma, Fries 2352 (UPS, holo., K, iso.!)
Information
Perennial herb with usually elongated slender prostrate stems, rooting at the nodes whence arise tufts of leaves. Leaves not lobed or otherwise divided, lanceolate to broadly ovate or even reniform, apex rounded, obtuse, acute, or acuminate, base cordate, truncate, to slightly and broadly cuneate, margin dentate to nearly entire. Flowers single at the nodes, pedicels 1–8.5 cm. long, glabrous or adpressed hirsute. Sepals spreading, glabrous. Petals 4 to 7 mm. long, yellow. Achenes more or less fusiform, smooth.
Range
DISTR. U2, 3; K3, 4; T2
Altitude range
2700 to 4050 m.
Distribution
KENYA Mt. Kenya (west), near Forest Station, 3 Jan. 1922, Fries 684!TANGANYIKA Kilimanjaro, near Peter’s Hut, 22 Feb. 1934, Greenway 3737!UGANDA Kigezi District Muhavura-Mgahenga saddle, Sept. 1946, Purseglove 2163!
Distribution (external)
Ruanda-Urundi
Belgian Congo

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