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Rhynchosia mollis

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Identification
Rhynchosia mollis Hook. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE ] Verified by Meikle, R.D., Rhynchosia malacophylla (Spreng.) Boj. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE ] Verified by Meikle, Glycine mollis Hook. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE ] Rhynchosia glycinoides Boj. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE ] Rhynchosia malacophylla (Spreng.) Boj. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Verdcourt, B.,
Related name
  • Glycine mollis
  • Rhynchosia venulosa
  • Rhynchosia malacophylla
  • Rhynchosia nervosa
  • Rhynchosia glycinoides
  • Rhynchosia mollis

Flora

Entry for Rhynchosia totta var. fenchelii Schinz [family LEGUMINOSAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 3, Part 5, (2001) Author: B. Mackinder, R. Pasquet, R. Polhill and B. Verdcourt
Names
Rhynchosia totta var. fenchelii Schinz [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 52: 426 (1907). Type from Namibia.
Rhynchosia filicaulis Welw. ex Baker [family LEGUMINOSAE], in F.T.A. 2: 221 (1871). —E.G. Baker, Legum. Trop. Africa: 484 (1929). Type from Angola.
Rhynchosia hirsuta Schinz [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 30: 168 (1888). —E.G. Baker, Legum. Trop. Africa: 483 (1929), non. Eckl. & Zeyh., nom. illegit. Type from Namibia.
Dolicholus venulosus Hiern [family LEGUMINOSAE], Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. 1: 271 (1896). Type from Angola.
Rhynchosia venulosa Hiern K. Schum. [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Just’s Bot. Jahresber. 27: 496 (1901). —E.G. Baker, Legum. Trop. Africa: 483 (1929). —Schreiber in Merxmüller, Prodr. Fl. SW. Afrika, fam. 60: 101 (1970). —Jacobsen in Kirkia 9: 161 (1973).
Rhynchosia cinnamomea Schinz [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 52: 429 (1907). Type from South Africa.
Rhynchosia remota Conrath [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Bull. Misc. Inform., Kew 1908: 224 (1908). Type from South Africa.
Rhynchosia mollis Burtt Davy [family LEGUMINOSAE], Fl. Pl. Ferns Transvaal, part 2: xxix, 411 (1932), non DC. nom. illegit. Type from South Africa.
Rhynchosia totta var. venulosa Hiern Verdc. [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Kew Bull. 25: 99 (1971); in F.T.E.A., Leguminosae, Pap.: 748 (1971). —Drummond in Kirkia 8: 226 (1972). —Gonçalves in Garcia de Orta, Sér. Bot. 5: 109 (1982).
Information
Stems densely pubescent to velvety with greyish or ferruginous hairs. Leaflets 1.2–7.8 × 0.5–2.8 cm, pubescent to densely velvety with venation raised and reticulate but not so evidently prominent above as in var. totta. Calyx 6–10 mm long; standard 9–12(14) mm long.
Habitat
Floodplain grasslands and Acacia thickets, dambos and wooded grasslands with scattered trees, also in various woodlands including mopane, Baikaea, Hyphaene–Combretum and others, on heavy alluvium and sandy soils
Altitude range
30–2100 m.
2100
30
Distribution
Mozambique M Namaacha Distr., Goba, fl. & fr. 23.ii.1955, Exell, Mendonça & Wild 552 (LISC).Mozambique MS Búzi Distr., 287 km from Nova Mambone (Mambone) on road to Búzi (Nova Lusitânia), fl. & fr. 9.x.1965, Torre & Pereira 12357 (LISC).Malawi S Zomba, fl. 11.iii.1950, Wiehe N440 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe S Chiredzi Distr., 3.2 km north of Chipinda Pools, fl. 17.i.1960, R. Goodier 825 (K; LISC; SRGH).Zimbabwe E about 60 km from Mutare (Umtali) on Chipinga (Chipinge) road, fl. & fr. 8.iii.1969, Corby 2107 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe C Kwekwe C.L. (Que Que T.T.L.), st. 8.ii.1967, Corby 1747 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe W Matobo Distr., Farm Besna Kobila, fl. iii.1958, O.B. Miller 5124 (K; SRGH).Zambia S 4 km north of Mpanza, fl. & fr. 18.iii.1956, E.A. Robinson 1374 (K).Zambia N Mpika Distr., Chintu area, fl. & fr. 11.1962, Verboom 206 (K; SRGH) (three sheets under this number at K are dated Feb. 1962, Feb. 1963 and May 1962).Botswana SE Khutse, fr. 25.iv.1972, Coleman 98 (K; SRGH).Botswana SW 5 km NNW of Dondong borehole, fl. 12.ii.1977, Skarpe 141 (K).Mozambique T near Tete, R. Revúboè (Rivobue), fl. & fr. iii.1859, Kirk (K).Malawi C Dedza Mt., near radio mast, fl. 24.iv.1970, Brummitt 10120 (K).Zimbabwe N Zvimba Distr., Trelawney Tobacco Experimental Station, fl. 19.ii.1969, Corby 2088 (K; SRGH).Zambia B Sesheke Distr., Masese, fl. & fr. 24.xii.1952, Angus 1016 (FHO; K).Botswana N Kwando R., fr. 24.i.1978, P.A. Smith 2243 (K; SRGH).
Distribution (external)
Ethiopia
Uganda
Kenya
Tanzania
Angola
South Africa
Notes
Four specimens from Zimbabwe have the standards finely pubescent, thus resembling some specimens named Rhynchosia longiflora Schinz and Rhynchosia totta var. grandiflora H. Bolus. Although this is often an important character in the genus, in this case the character seems to appear randomly and infrequently. The specimens concerned are R.M. Davies 1378 (W: Insiza, fl. v.1955), Drummond 6019 (S: 16 km north of Beitbridge, fl. 25.iii.1959) and Wild 5354 (S: Beitbridge, Chikwarakwara, fl. & fr. 23.ii.1961). O.B. Miller 2893 (W: Matobo, Farm Besna Kobila, fl. & fr. vi.1955) has shorter more ovate leaves and the indumentum is only perceptible on some flowers.

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