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Zenkerella capparidacea

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Name

Identification
Podogynium grotei Harms [family LEGUMINOSAE ] Verified by Brenan, J.P.M., Zenkerella capparidacea Not on sheet. [family LEGUMINOSAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Podogynium grotei
  • Podogynium capparidaceum
  • Zenkerella capparidacea
  • Cynometra schliebenii

Flora

Entry for ZENKERELLA capparidacea (Taub.) J. Léon. [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE]
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, (1967) Author: J. P. M. Brenan
Names
ZENKERELLA capparidacea (Taub.) J. Léon. [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE], in B.J.B.B. 21: 413 (1951). Type: Tanganyika, Morogoro District, Stuhlmann 8851 (B, holo. †)
Podogynium capparidaceum Taub. [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE], in E.J. 23: 173 (1896)
Cynometra capparidacea (Taub.) Harms [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE], in E. & P. Pf., Nachtr. 4 zu 3(3): 124 (1914) & in E.J. 53: 459 (1915) & in V.E. 3(1): 435 (1915); L.T.A.: 757 (1930); T.T.C.L.: 100 (1949)
Information
Small tree 8 m. high; branchlets glabrous. Leaves: stipules not seen, apparently very quickly caducous; petiole 4–6(–8, fide Taubert) mm. long, glabrous; lamina oblong-elliptic or possibly obovate-elliptic, 8–12(–14, fide Taubert) cm. long, 2.7–4.5(–6.5, fide Taubert) cm. wide, acuminate at apex, rounded to cuneate-rounded at base. Axis of raceme 0–2 mm. long; pedicels glabrous, 10–15 mm. long. Flower-buds pale pink. Sepals 4.5–5 mm. long. Petals ± 6 mm. long (only damaged ones seen). Ovary glabrous. Pods unknown.
Range
DISTR. T6 not known elsewhere
Altitude range
± 1900 m.
Distribution
TANGANYIKA Morogoro District Uluguru Mts., Bondwa Hill, 23 Mar. 1953, Drummond& Hemsley 1756!
Notes
The distinctions between this species, Z. grotei and Z. schliebenii are small. It may well be that the two latter are really only geographical races or subspecies of Z. capparidacea, but the available material is, I consider, still insufficient to justify drastic alterations in the taxonomy.

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