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Rytigynia neglecta

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Name

Identification
Rytigynia neglecta (Hiern) Robyns [family RUBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Canthium neglectum Hiern [family RUBIACEAE ]
Related name
  • Canthium vatkeanum
  • Canthium schimperianum
  • Rytigynia ituriensis
  • Plectronia schimperiana
  • Rytigynia neglecta
  • Plectronia vatkeana
  • Canthium neglectum

Flora

Entry for Rytigynia neglecta (Hiern) Robyns [family RUBIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 2,
Names
Rytigynia neglecta (Hiern) Robyns [family RUBIACEAE], l.c. 183 (1928).
Canthium neglectum Hiern [family RUBIACEAE], in F.T.A3: 183 (1877)
Rytigynia rubra [family RUBIACEAE], of F.W.T.A., ed1, 2: 111, partly (Maitland 648), not of Robyns
Information
Scrambling shrub or small understorey tree about 15 ft. high; flowers greenish-white; in montane forest.
Habitat
; in montane forest.
Distribution
[Br.] Cam.: below Musaka, about 5,000 ft., Cam. Mt. (Apr., May) Maitland 648! Hutch. 8 Metcalfe 30! Bamenda: Mbakakeka Mt., 7,800 ft. (fr. July) Lightbody FHI 30112! Lakom, 6,000 ft. (May) Maitland 1359! L, Oku, 7,200 ft. (Jan.) Keay 8 Lightbody FHI 28490!
Distribution (external)
Sudan
Ethiopia
Uganda
Kenya
Tanganyika
Congo

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