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Sparrmannia abyssinica

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Identification
Sparrmannia ricinocarpa (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Kuntze [family TILIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Data not digitized, Sparrmannia abyssinica Hochst. ex A.Rich. [family TILIACEAE ] Verified by Data not digitized,
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  • Sparrmannia ricinocarpa
  • Sparmannia ricinocarpa
  • Sparrmannia abyssinica
  • Sparmannia abyssinica

Flora

Entry for SPARRMANNIA ricinocarpa var. ricinocarpa [family TILIACEAE]
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, (2001) Author: C. WHITEHOUSE, M. CHEEK, S. ANDREWS & B. VERDCOURT
Names
SPARRMANNIA ricinocarpa var. ricinocarpa [family TILIACEAE]
Urena ricinocarpa Eckl. & Zeyh. [family MALVACEAE], Enum. Pl. Afr. Austr.: 37 (1835)
Sparrmannia abyssinica A. Rich. [family TILIACEAE], Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 79 (1947) & t. 20 (1851); Mast. in F.T.A. 1: 261 (1868). Type: Ethiopia, Mareb R. valley, Quartin Dillon & Petit s.n. (P, syn.) & Semien, Schoata to Endchetcab, Schimper II. 567 (P, syn., BM!, FI-W, isosyn.)
Sparrmannia palmata Harv. [family TILIACEAE], in Fl. Cap. 1: 224 (1860); K. Schum. in P.O.A. C: 262 (1895), nom. illeg. Type as for S. ricinocarpa
Sparrmannia abyssinica Oliv. var. hirsuta [family TILIACEAE], in Trans. Linn. Soc., Bot., ser. 2, 2: 329 (1887); K. Schum. in P.O.A. C: 262 (1895). Based on Tanzania, Kilimanjaro, Johnson 178 (K!), nomen
Sparrmannia abyssinica Engl. var. fischeri [family TILIACEAE], Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr.: 297 (1892); K. Schum. in P.O.A. C: 262 (1895). Types: Kenya, Kikuyu, Fischer 82 (B†, syn.) & Laikipia, Thomson s.n. (B†, syn., K!, isosyn.)
Sparrmannia abyssinica Chiov. var. concolor [family TILIACEAE], in Ann. Bot. Roma 9: 52 (1911). Types: Ethiopia, Uoghera, Mt Augieva, Chiovenda 2886 & Semien, Debarek, Chiovenda 3009 (FT, syn.)
Sparrmannia abyssinica Burret var. micrantha [family TILIACEAE], in Z.A.E.: 494 (1912). Types: Rwanda, Lake Kalago, SE of Karisimbi, near Kahama, Mildbraed 1520 & 1626 (both B†, syn.)
Sparrmannia wittei Staner [family TILIACEAE], in De Wild. & Staner, Contr. Fl. Katanga, Suppl. 4: 55 (1932). Type: Congo (Kinshasa), De Witte 1963 (BR, holo.)
Sparrmannia ricinocarpa (A. Rich.) Weim. subsp. abyssinica [family TILIACEAE], in Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 27: 405 (1933); E.P.A.: 517 (1958)
Sparrmannia ricinocarpa (Burret) Weim. subsp. micrantha [family TILIACEAE], in Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 27: 404, 408, fig. 1/b (1933) & in Bot. Notis. 1936: 37 (1936); F.P.N.A. 1: 574 (1948); C.F.A. 1: 238 (1951); R. Wilczek in F.C.B. 10: 77 (1963)
Sparrmannia ricinocarpa Weim. subsp. hirsuta [family TILIACEAE], in Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 27: 404, 406, fig. 1/e (1933); E.P.A.: 518 (1958). Type: Tanzania, Kilimanjaro, 2100 m [7000'], Johnston 178 (K!, holo.)
Sparrmannia ricinocarpa (Engl.) Weim. var. fischeri [family TILIACEAE], in Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 27: 404, 406, fig. 1/d (1933); E.P.A.: 518 (1958)
Information
Leaves sparsely to densely pubescent with stellate and simple hairs but surface never entirely obscured, usually cordate at the base. Body of capsule mostly 0.8–1.5 cm long, 0.8–1.2 cm wide.
Range
DISTR. U 1–3; K 1–7; T 2, 3, 6–8 from E Cameroon, S Congo (Kinshasa) and Rwanda to Sudan and Ethiopia and the Cape, Lesotho, Swaziland, Angola, but not in West Africa; also in Madagascar and Réunion
Altitude range
1200–3350 m
Distribution
KENYA Northern Frontier Province Mt Nyiro, July 1960, Kerfoot 2015!KENYA Elgeyo District Cherangani Hills, SE Kaibwibich, 3–11 Aug. 1968, Thulin & Tidigs 124!KENYA Teita District Taita Hills, Vuria Hill, 8 May 1985, Faden et al. 127!TANZANIA Masai District Oldeani Mt, 20 June 1969, Carmichael 1686!TANZANIA Lushoto District Soni, 31 May 1973, Faulkner 4790!TANZANIA Iringa District Mufindi, 8 May 1968, Renvoize & Abdallah 2033!UGANDA Karamoja District Mt Moroto, Sokdek, May 1963, Wilson 1390!UGANDA Kigezi District Kanaba [Kinaba] Gap, Dec. 1938, Chandler & Hancock 2612!UGANDA Mbale District Elgon, Bulambuli, 11 Nov. 1933, Tothill 2296!

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