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Type of Sparrmannia wittei Staner [family TILIACEAE]

Type of Sparrmannia wittei Staner [family TILIACEAE]

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Sparrmannia ricinocarpa (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Kuntze [family TILIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Wilczek R., 1963 Sparrmannia wittei Staner [family TILIACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet,

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Entry for SPARRMANNIA ricinocarpa var. ricinocarpa [family TILIACEAE]

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

Flora of Tropical East Africa

Reference Sources

Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (2001) Author: C. WHITEHOUSE, M. CHEEK, S. ANDREWS & B. VERDCOURT

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)

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.

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

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!