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Tapiphyllum velutinum

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Identification
Tapiphyllum velutinum (Hiern) Robyns [family RUBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Tapiphyllum velutinz (Hiern) Robyns [family RUBIACEAE ] Verified by Verdcourt, B., Tapiphyllum vestitum Robyns [family RUBIACEAE ] Verified by Robyns, Vangueria infausta Burch. [family RUBIACEAE ]
Related name
  • Vangueria velutina
  • Vangueria unrecorded
  • Tapiphyllum velutinz
  • Vangueria infausta
  • Tapiphyllum vestitum
  • Vangueria parviflora
  • Tapiphyllum velutinum

Flora

Entry for Tapiphyllum cinerascens var. laevius K. Schum. 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. laevius K. Schum. Verdc. [family RUBIACEAE], in Kew Bull. 42: 144 (1987); in F.T.E.A., Rubiaceae: 781 (1991). Type from Tanzania.
Vangueria velutina var. laevior K. Schum. [family RUBIACEAE], in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 194 (1900). —De Wildeman in Bull. Jard. Bot. État 8: 66 (1922).
Tapiphyllum velutinum var. laevius K. Schum. Robyns [family RUBIACEAE], in Bull. Jard. Bot. État 11: 114 (1928). —Brenan, Check-list For. Trees Shrubs Tang. Terr.: 532 (1949).
Tapiphyllum tanganyikense Robyns [family RUBIACEAE], in Bull. Jard. Bot. État 32: 149 (1962). Type from Tanzania.
Tapiphyllum griseum Robyns [family RUBIACEAE], in Bull. Jard. Bot. État 32: 147(1962). Type: Malawi, Nyika Plateau. E.A. Robinson 3098 (K, holotype; PRE).
Tapiphyllum cinerascens subsp. laevius K. Schum. Verdc. [family RUBIACEAE], in Kew Bull. 36: 536 (1981).
Information
Leaf blades mostly small, up to 3.5(5) × 1–2 cm, oblong or elliptic, not very discolorous, densely velvety on both surfaces.Calyx lobes mostly 1.5–2(3) mm long and not very narrow (but see note below).
Habitat
Brachystegia woodland
Altitude range
800–1800 m.
1800
800
Distribution
Mozambique N Marrupa to Lichinga, 7 km from Marrupa, corolla fallen, 19.ii.1982, Jansen & Boane 7893 (K; LMU).Malawi N Chitipa Distr., Nyika Plateau, by Chisanga Falls, fr. 28.ii.1982, Brummitt et al. 16184 (K; MAL).
Distribution (external)
Tanzania
Notes
Tapiphyllum griseum Robyns [type from Malawi, Nyika Plateau, N Rukuru waterfall, 1950 m., fl. 6.i.1959, Robinson 3098 (K, holotype; PRE)] is very similar but has slender calyx lobes to 4 mm long. It is considered here to be only a form of var. laevius connecting with var. cinerascens and var. inaequale.

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