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Walafrida lacunosa

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Walafrida lacunosa (Klotzsch) Rolfe [family SCROPHULARIACEAE ] Selago lacunosa Klotzsch [family SCROPHULARIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Hilliard, O.M.,
Related name
  • Walafrida lacunosa
  • Selago lacunosa

Flora

Entry for Walafrida paniculata Thunb. Rolfe [family SCROPHULARIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 8, Part 2, (1990) Author: D. Philcox
Names
Walafrida saxatilis E. Mey. Rolfe [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], in F.C. 5: 126 (1901). Type as above.
Walafrida cecilae Rolfe [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], in Bull. Misc. Inf., Kew 1906: 167 (1906). Type: Zimbabwe, near Bulawayo, xi.1899, Cecil 95 (K, holotype).
Selago cecilae Rolfe Eyles [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], in Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Afr. 5: 473 (1916). Type as above.
Walafrida paniculata Thunb. Rolfe [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], in F.C. 5: 127 (1901). —Brenan in Mem. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 9: 34 (1954). —Merxm. & Roessler in Merxm., Prodr. Fl. SW. Afr. 127: 6 (1967). TAB. 57. Type from S. Africa.
Selago paniculata Thunb. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], Prodr. Fl. Cap.: 99 (1800). Type as above.
Walafrida lacunosa Klotzsch Rolfe [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], in F.C. 5: 117 (1901). Type as above.
Selago saxatilis E. Mey. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], Comment Pl. Afr. Austr.: 269 (1837). Type from S. Africa.
Selago lacunosa Klotzsch [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], in Peters, Reise Mossamb., Bot.: 255 (1861). —Rolfe in F.T.A. 5: 272 (1900). Type: Mozambique, banks and islands of the Zambezi R., Peters s.n. (B†, holotype; K, isotype).
Information
Erect or decumbent woody perennial, 15–30(45) cm. tall, much-branched; stems erect or prostrate, somewhat flexuous, densely retrorse, short-crisped, pilose, or rarely longer shaggy pilose (vidi van Rensburg 2327). Leaves (1.5)3–7.5(26) x (0.25)0.5–0.8(3) mm., fasciculate, linear-oblong, obtuse, glabrous or almost so. Inflorescence paniculate of short spreading branches terminating in short, compact, ovoid or oblong spikes. Pedicels where apparent very short, up to 0.15 mm. long, otherwise almost lacking. Bracts (1.3)2–2.8 mm. long, oblong to ovate-oblong, obtuse, subglabrous. Calyx 0.8–1.3 mm. long, (2)3-lobed; lateral lobes 0.7–1.1 x c. 0.3 mm., oblong, obtuse, ciliate; dorsal lobe very small, 0.15–0.6 mm. long, filiform, or absent. Corolla white, 1.6–2.4 mm. long; tube 1–1.75 mm. long, glabrous without; lobes 0.6–0.8 x 0.5–0.8 mm., elliptic-oblong or circular. Capsule 0.5–0.8 x 0.7–1.2 mm., broadly ovoid, compressed, cordate at base, surface smooth to slightly uneven.
Habitat
Savanna and well grazed grassy areas on well-drained soils, Kalahari Sand and coastal dunes
Altitude range
sea-level to 1400 m.
1400
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Distribution
Mozambique M Marracuene (Vila Luiza), Macaneta Beach, 30 km. N. of Maputo (Lourenço Marques), fl. 4.viii.1967, Gomes e Sousa & Balsinhas 4923 (K).Mozambique GI Macia, fl. 5.iv.1969, Balsinhas 1458 (LISC).Zimbabwe S Mberengwa Distr., c. 10 km. S. of Bukwa Mt., fl. 4.v.1973, Pope, Biegel & Simon 102 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe W Binga Distr., Zambezi R., 16 km. W. of Binga, c. 460 m., fl. & fr. 8.xi.1958, Phipps 1401 (K; SRGH).Zambia S Namwala, c. 1000 m., fl. & fr. 8.i.1957, Robinson 2064 (K; SRGH).Botswana SE Lobatsi Distr., Lobatsi Forest Plantation, 1190 m., fl. & fr. i.1951, Miller B1 156 (K; PRE).Botswana SW Ghanzi & Kgalagadi Distr., Kule Pan, fl. 27.i.1977, Skarpe S-123 (K; SRGH).Mozambique T Boroma (Boruma), fl. vi.1891, Menyhart 991 (K).Zimbabwe N Bumi River mouth, 457 m., fl. & fr. ix.1955, Davis 1489 (K; SRGH).Zambia W Mwinilunga Distr., Kabompo Gorge, 1200 m., fl. & fr. 23.xi.1962, Richards 17474 (K).Botswana N Toromoja, Boteti (Botletle) R., fl. & fr. 26.iv.1975, Ngoni 444 (K; SRGH).
Distribution (external)
S. Africa
Namibia
Notes
I have chosen here to include W. saxatilis (E. Meyer) Rolfe as, following the great diversity within W. paniculata as understood by Brenan (1954) which I now accept, I can find no valid reason for excluding it from this species. Admittedly the leaves are apparently more rigid than in the other taxa included here by Brenan, but it is felt that this is due mainly to their size. They are smaller than most in comparison but nevertheless still compare with those shown by Read 22 and cited by Brenan. The corolla and fruit sizes also compare with this collection.I have also chosen, for reasons of convenience only, not to include the full synonymy under the name W. paniculata by Brenan, but to cite only those known to have been used for plants related to the Flora Zambesiaca area.

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