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Tapiphyllum inaequale

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Identification
Tapiphyllum inaequale Robyns [family RUBIACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Vangueria cinerascens (Welw. ex Hiern) Lantz [family RUBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Vangueria cinerascens
  • Tapiphyllum inaequale

Flora

Entry for Tapiphyllum cinerascens var. inaequale Robyns Verdc. [family RUBIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 5, Part 2, (1998) Author: D. Bridson
Names
Tapiphyllum cinerascens var. inaequale Robyns Verdc. [family RUBIACEAE], in Kew Bull. 42: 144 (1987); in F.T.E.A., Rubiaceae: 780 (1991). Type from Tanzania.
Tapiphyllum kaessneri S. Moore Robyns [family RUBIACEAE], in Bull. Jard. Bot. État 11: 106 (1928). —Brenan, Check-list For. Trees Shrubs Tang. Terr.: 532 (1949). —Robyns in Bull. Jard. Bot. État 32: 135 (1962).
Tapiphyllum inaequale Robyns [family RUBIACEAE], in Bull. Jard. Bot. État 32: 145 (1962).
Tapiphyllum cinerascens subsp. inaequale Robyns Verdc. [family RUBIACEAE], in Kew Bull. 36: 535 (1981).
Vangueria kaessneri S. Moore [family RUBIACEAE], in J. Bot. 48: 221 (1910). —De Wildeman in Bull. Jard. Bot. État 8: 57 (1922). Type from Zaire (Dem. Rep. Congo) (Shaba Prov.).
Information
Leaf blades 3.5–9.5 × 1–2.7 cm, narrowly oblong, oblong-elliptic or linear-lanceolate, very discolorous, glabrescent to densely pubescent above.Calyx lobes 3–10 mm long, mostly very narrow.
Habitat
Woodland, and in grassland with scattered trees, on sandy soil
Altitude range
1150–1650 m.
1650
1150
Distribution
Zambia W 2 km from Ndola, fr. 27.i.1963, Symoens 9998 (BR; K).Zambia C Serenje Distr., 1 km from Kanona to Kundalila Falls, corolla fallen 12.iii.1975, Hooper & Townsend 669 (K).Malawi N Mzimba Distr., 17.4 km NE of Mzambazi, fr. 22.i.1978, Pawek 13678 (M; MAL; MO).Zambia N Mpika, fr. 9.ii.1955, Fanshawe 2033 (K; NDO).
Distribution (external)
Zaire (Dem. Rep. Congo)
Tanzania
?Angola

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