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Smithia bequaertii

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Name

Identification
Smithia bequaertii De Wild. [family FABACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Kotschya africana Endl. [family FABACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Smithia bequaertii
  • Kotschya africana

Flora

Entry for KOTSCHYA africana (De Wild.) Verdc. var. bequaertii [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
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, (1971) Author: J. B. GILLETT, R. M. POLHILL & B. VERDCOURT
Names
KOTSCHYA africana (De Wild.) Verdc. var. bequaertii [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in K.B. 24: 22 (1970). Type: Congo, Kivu, Kabango, Bequaert 6168 (BR, holo. !)
Smithia riparia R. E. Fries [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in Schwed. Rhod.-Kongo-Exped. 1: 86, fig. 7 (1914); L.T.A.: 308 (1929). Type: Zambia, Lake Bangweulu near Kasomo, Fries 658 (UPS, holo.!)
Smithia bequaertii De Wild. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in Rev. Zool. Afr. 13, Suppl. Bot.: B23 (1925); L.T.A.: 309 (1929); F.P.N.A. 1: 324 (1948)
Smithia kotschyi [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], [sensu T.T.C.L.: 442 (1929), pro parte, non Benth. sensu stricto]
Kotschya africana [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], [sensu Dewit & Duvign. in B.S.B.B. 86: 212 (1954), non Endl. sensu stricto]
Information
Inflorescence-rhachis 1–6 cm. long. Calyx usually short, 1.3–1.5(–1.8) cm. long, covered with hairs.
Range
DISTR. U2–4; K3, 5; T1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8 probably also in Madagascar (see note)
Altitude range
1155–2160 m.
Distribution
KENYA Uasin Gishu District Kipkarren, Dec. 1931, Napier 577! & “Uasin Gishu Plateau and Trans-Nzoia”, Nov. 1918, Dowson 666 !KENYA Nandi District Nandi Reserve, Eldoret–Kapsabet road, 3.2 km. S. of Kosirai, 15 Jan. 1964, Brunt 1341 !TANGANYIKA Bukoba, Aug. 1931, Haarer 2132!TANGANYIKA Kigoma District S. of Uvinza, 31 Aug. 1950, Bullock 3269!TANGANYIKA Iringa District 16 km. S. of Sao Hill, 16 Aug. 1949, Greenway 8428!UGANDA Kigezi District Kayonza Forest Reserve, 3 Aug. 1960, Paulo 636!UGANDA Busoga District Bugweri, Namalemba–Busembatia road, 23 Nov. 1949, Osmaston 455 !UGANDA Mengo District Namanve, Jan. 1935, Eggeling 1583 !
Distribution (external)
; Burundi
Congo
Ethiopia
Mozambique
Malawi
Zambia
Notes
Dewit & Duvigneaud sink Smithia bequaertii into K. africana completely, but I agree with the annotations of Gillett that there is undoubtedly a difference between the small-flowered and largest-flowered variants of K. africana, although there is no geographical correlation and the variation is continuous. Unfortunately the type of S. bequaertii is at the upper end of the range of size for the small-flowered variant (1.6–1.7 cm. long calyx). S. chamaecrista Benth. is very similar indeed to this variety and I doubt if it can be distinguished at any level; it was described from Madagascar.

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