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Strychnos radiosperma

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Name

Identification
Strychnos spinosa Lam. [family LOGANIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Leeuwenberg,A.J.M., Isotype of Strychnos radiosperma Gilg&Busse [family LOGANIACEAE ] Verified by Leeuwenberg,A.J.M.,
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  • Strychnos radiosperma

Flora

Entry for STRYCHNOS spinosa (Gilg) E. A. Bruce subsp. volkensii [family LOGANIACEAE]
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, (1960) Author: E. A. Bruce and J. Lewis
Names
STRYCHNOS spinosa (Gilg) E. A. Bruce subsp. volkensii [family LOGANIACEAE], in K.B. 1955: 40 (1955). Types: Tanganyika, Tanga, Holst 2095 (B, syn.†, K, isosyn.!) & Volkens 103 (B, syn.†, BM, isosyn.!)
STRYCHNOS volkensii Gilg [family LOGANIACEAE], in P.O.A. C: 311 (1895); F.T.A. 4 (1): 536 (1903); T.S.K.: 126 (1936); T.T.C.L.: 278 (1949); Lejeunia 13: 111 (1949)
?STRYCHNOS sansibarensis Gilg [family ], in E.J. 28: 124 (1899); F.T.A. 4 (1): 535 (1903); T.T.C.L.: 277 (1949). Type: Zanzibar, unlocalized, Stuhlmann 161 (B, holo.†)
STRYCHNOS megalocarpa Gilg & Busse [family LOGANIACEAE], in E.J. 32: 180 (1902); F.T.A. 4 (1): 526 (1903); T.T.C.L.: 278 (1949). Type: Tanganyika, Handeni District, Kwa Sseulanga [Kwa-Zuranga], Busse 323 (B, holo.†)
STRYCHNOS omphalocarpa Gilg & Busse [family LOGANIACEAE], in E.J. 32: 181 (1902); F.T.A. 4(1): 525 (1903); T.T.C.L.: 278 (1949). Type: Tanganyika, Handeni District, Kwa Mdoë [near Handeni], Busse 322 (B, holo.†)
STRYCHNOS radiosperma Gilg & Busse [family LOGANIACEAE], in E.J. 36: 108 & t. 2c (1905); T.T.C.L. 275 (1949). Type: Tanganyika, Kilwa District, Matumbi Mts., near Mirungamo, Busse 3061 (B, holo.†, BM, EA, HBG, iso.!)
STRYCHNOS cuneifolia Gilg & Busse [family LOGANIACEAE], in E.J. 36: 109 (1905); T.T.C.L.: 273 (1949). Type: Tanganyika, Lindi District, Lake Lutamba, Busse 2519 (B, holo.†, EA, iso.!)
STRYCHNOS spinosa [family LOGANIACEAE], [sensu T.S.K.: 125 (1936), non Lam.]
Information
Young branchlets as in subsp. spinosa; leaves glabrous or pubescent on the nerves below; spines, when present ± slender, straight or curved. Cymes fairly lax. Calyx-lobes much shorter than the corolla. Fig. 3/7–12.
Range
DISTR. K7; T3, 8; Z not known elsewhere
Altitude range
0–1000 m.
Distribution
KENYA Kwale, R. M. Graham 1770!;KENYA Lamu District Kiunga, 15 Dec. 1946 (fl.), Mrs. J. Adamson 285 in Bally 5976! & Witu, F. Thomas 198!TANGANYIKA Lushoto District Korogwe-Kwata road near Kerengi, 29 June 1953 (fr.), Drummond & Hemsley 3071!;TANGANYIKA Tanga District 8 km. SE. of Ngomeni, 2 Aug. 1953 (fr.), Drummond & Hemsley 3612! & Sawa, 23 Apr. 1956 (fl.), Faulkner 1856.ZANZIBAR Zanzibar Is., Marahubi, 25 Sept. 1930 (fl.), Vaughan 1574!

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