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Schefflera goetzenii

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Identification
Schefflera sycidiifolia Lebrun [family ARALIACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Schefflera goetzenii Harms [family ARALIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Schefflera sycidiifolia
  • Schefflera goetzenii
  • Schefflera barteri

Flora

Entry for SCHEFFLERA barteri var. barteri [family ARALIACEAE]
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, Author: J. R. TENNANT
Names
SCHEFFLERA barteri var. barteri [family ARALIACEAE], ; Tennant in K.B. 15: 331 (1961)
Astropanax barteri Seem. [family ARALIACEAE], in J.B. 3: 177 (1865)
Sciadophyllum barteri (Seem.) Seem. [family ARALIACEAE], in J.B. 3: 267 (1865) & Rev. Hed.: 51 (1868)
Schefflera goetzenii Harms [family ARALIACEAE], in von Goetzen, Durch. Afr.: 376 & 380 (1895) & in P.O.A. A: 134 (1895) & in von Goetzen, Durch. Afr. [reprint]: 7 (1896) & in E.J. 26: 242 (1899); V.E. 3 (2): 778 (1921); Lebrun in B.J.B.B. 13: 22 (1934); F.P.N.A. 1: 688 (1948); I.T.U., ed. 2: 35 (1952). Type: Congo Republic, between Lakes Edward and Kivu, Virunga Mts., von Goetzen 46 (B, holo. †). A probable synonym
Schefflera stuhlmannii Harms [family ARALIACEAE], in E.J. 26: 243 (1899); V.E. 3 (2): 778 (1921); T.T.C.L.: 61 (1949). Types: Tanganyika, Uluguru Mts., Stuhlmann 8849 & upper Mgata [? Mgeta] valley, Stuhlmann 9277 (both B, syn. †)
Schefflera adolfi-friderici Harms [family ARALIACEAE], in Z.A.E.: 590 (1913); V.E. 3 (2): 778 (1921); Lebrun in B.J.B.B. 13: 21 (1934); F.P.N.A. 1: 688 (1948). Type: Rwanda Republic, volcanic region of Bugoie, Mildbraed 1478 (B, holo. †). A probable synonym
Schefflera mildbraedii Harms [family ARALIACEAE], in Z.A.E.: 591 (1913); V.E. 3 (2): 779 (1921); Lebrun in B.J.B.B. 13: 21 (1934); F.P.N.A. 1: 688 (1948). Type: Rwanda Republic, Rugege Forest, Rukarara [stream], Mildbraed 1010 (B, holo. †). A probable synonym
Schefflera sycifiifolia Lebrun [family ARALIACEAE], in B.J.B.B. 13: 19 (1934); F.P.N.A. 1: 687 (1948). Type: Congo Republic, Kivu Province, Kasindi-Lubango, Lebrun 4755 (BR, holo., K, iso.!, BM, iso. fragment!)
Information
Secondary branches of inflorescence (peduncles of umbellules) (0.4–)0.7–3.2 cm. long. Fig. 5/1–7.
Range
DISTR. U2; T2, 3, 6, 8 Congo and Cameroun Republics and West Africa to Guinée Republic; also in Rhodesia and possibly Angola
Altitude range
900–2000 m.
Distribution
TANGANYIKA Kilimanjaro above Marangu, 29 Dec. 1912 (fl. & fr.), Grote in Herb. Amani 4029!TANGANYIKA W. Usambara Mts., Makuyuni, Koritschoner 1559!TANGANYIKA Uluguru Mts., 5 km. S. of Bunduki, Salaza Forest, 15 Mar. 1953 (fr.), Drummond & Hemsley 1618!UGANDA Ruwenzori, Namwamba valley, 3 Jan. 1935 (fl. & young fr.), G. Taylor 2809!
Notes
A wide survey of tropical African species has allowed the union of S. urostachya and S. stuhlmannii with the well-known West African species S. barteri. Distinction at varietal level based upon umbellule peduncle-length is still feasible, however, in the case of the two East African taxa. This character is absolute in many instances, only rarely with slight overlap between the varieties. The size of bracts subtending the peduncles is apparently of no taxonomic significance. Distribution of both varieties in the present Flora is distinct as far as records indicate, except for U2 where both have been collected.

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