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Isotype of Trimeria grandifolia (Burkill) Sleumer ssp. tropica (Burkill) Sleumer [family FLACOURTIACEAE]

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Name

Identification

Trimeria bakeri Gilg [family FLACOURTIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Greenway PG, 1951 Isotype of Trimeria grandifolia (Burkill) Sleumer [family FLACOURTIACEAE ] Verified by Greenway PG, 1951

Flora

Entry for TRIMERIA grandifolia (Burkill) Sleumer subsp. tropica [family FLACOURTIACEAE]

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

Flora of Tropical East Africa

Reference Sources

Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (1975) Author: H. Sleumer (Rijksherbarium, Leiden)

TRIMERIA grandifolia (Burkill) Sleumer subsp. tropica [family FLACOURTIACEAE], in E.J. 94: 308 (1974). Type: Tanzania, Tanga, Amboni Caves, Holst 2582 (K, holo.!, BM, iso. !)

TRIMERIA tropica Burkill [family FLACOURTIACEAE], in K.B. 1898: 145 (1898); Gilg in E.J. 40: 498 (1908); V.E. 1 (1): 330, fig. 294 (1910) & 3 (2): 582, fig. 258 (1921); Gilg in E. & P. Pf., ed. 2, 21: 430, fig. 194 (1925); R.E. Fries in N.B.G.B. 9: 324 (1925); T.S.K.: 24 (1936); T.T.C.L.: 550 (1949); K.T.S.: 500 (1961)

TRIMERIA macrophylla Bak. f. [family FLACOURTIACEAE], in. J.L.S. 37: 154, t. 1 (1905). Type: Uganda, Ankole, near Mulema, Bagshawe 346 (BM, holo. !, K, iso. !)

TRIMERIA bakeri Gilg [family FLACOURTIACEAE], in E.J. 40: 499 (1908); V.E. 3 (2): 583 (1921); R.E. Fries in N.B.G.B. 9: 324 (1925); T.S.K.: 24 (1936); T.T.C.L.: 550 (1949); I.T.U., ed. 2 : 372 (1952); K.T.S.: 498 (1961). Type : Kenya, Nakuru/Masai District, Mau Plateau, G. S. Baker 24 (B, holo. †, EA, iso.)

Leaf-blades ovate or ovate-elliptic, rarely elliptic, apex generally shortly acuminate, rarely obtuse, often softly pubescent to velutinous; stipules sometimes larger, up to 1 cm. long and 1.8 cm. wide. Inflorescences often densely pubescent. Fig. 14.

DISTR. U1–4; K2–7; T1–3, 5, 6

(150–) 900–2450 m.

KENYA Naivasha District Karati R., May 1932, Dale in F.D. 617!KENYA Machakos District Lukenya Hill, June 1953, Bally 8988 !KENYA Kwale District Shimba Hills, Feb. 1953, Drummond & Hemsley 1171 !TANZANIA Ngara District Busubi, Jan. 1961, Tanner 5699!TANZANIA Arusha District Mt. Meru, W. slope, Jan. 1936, Greenway 4408 !TANZANIA Kondoa District Bereku. Jan. 1928, B. D. Burtt 1139!UGANDA Ankole District Ruizi R., Nov. 1950, Jarrett 140!UGANDA Busoga District Butembe-Bunya, Nov. 1937, Webb 44!UGANDA Mubende Hill, Dec. 1937, Sitwell in Eggeling 3475 !

Distribution (external)

Zaire (Lakes Albert, Edward and Kivu)

Cameroun (Adamawa)

Transitions to subsp. grandifolia (Cape Province to Mozambique and E. Rhodesia) are found in E. Rhodesia, S. Tanzania (Ulanga District), and Mozambique (Manica).