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Smithia capitulifera

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Name

Identification
Smithia capitulifera Welw. ex Baker [family LEGUMINOSAE ] (stored under name); Kotschya capitulifera (Welw. ex Baker) Dewit & P.A.Duvign. [family LEGUMINOSAE ] Verified by Torre,A.,
Related name
  • Kotschya capitulifera
  • Smithia capitulifera
  • Smithia ramossisima
  • Smithia unrecorded

Flora

Entry for KOTSCHYA capitulifera var. capitulifera [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 capitulifera var. capitulifera [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Smithia capitulifera Bak. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in F.T.A. 2: 152 (1871); Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 29: 58, t. 33 (1872); Harms in V.E. 3 (1): 616 (1915); L.T.A.: 305 (1929)
Smithia burttii Bak. f. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in J.B. 73: 78 (1935). Type: Tanganyika, Dodoma District, Kazikazi, B. D. Burtt 3582 (BM, holo. !, EA, iso.!)
Information
Rootstock slender. Stems and stipules not striped. Midrib of leaflets not coloured beneath. Corolla blue or white, the standard 4–5 mm. long, 3.5–4 mm. wide; keel 4–5 mm. long.
Range
DISTR. K3; T1, 4, 5, 7
Altitude range
1070–2070 m.
Distribution
KENYA Uasin Gishu District Eldoret, 17 Oct. 1952, G. R. Williams 298 !TANGANYIKA Shinyanga, Koritschoner 3033!TANGANYIKA Ufipa District Kalambo Falls, 26 Mar. 1960, Richards 12815 !TANGANYIKA Dodoma District 42.4 km. S. of Itigi Station on the Chunya road, 20 Apr. 1964, Greenway & Polhill 11663 !
Distribution (external)
; Angola
Burundi
Zambia
Rhodesia
Notes
Greenway & Polhill 11680 (Tanganyika, 43.2 km. S. of Itigi Station on the Chunya road) is atypical in its short habit (5–7 cm. tall), almost glabrous stems and leaves and shorter less lanceolate bracteoles. It exactly corresponds with Smithia burttii and further work may indicate varietal status for this variant.

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