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Anisocycla blepharosepala

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Type of Synclisia zambesiaca N.E.Br. [family MENISPERMACEAE]
Type of Anisocycla blepharosepala Diels [family MENISPERMACEAE]
Holotype of Anisocycla blepharosepala Diels subsp. tanzaniensis Vollesen [family MENISPERMACEAE]
Isotype of Triclisia sacleuxii (Pierre) Diels var. sacleuxii [family MENISPERMACEAE]
Isotype of Anisocycla blepharosepala Diels subsp. tanzaniensis Vollesen [family MENISPERMACEAE]
Isotype of Anisocycla blepharosepala Diels [family MENISPERMACEAE]
Isotype of Anisocycla blepharosepala Diels subsp. tanzaniensis Vollesen [family MENISPERMACEAE]
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Name

Identification
Anisocycla blepharosepala Diels [family MENISPERMACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Tiliacora funifera
  • Triclisia sacleuxii
  • Anisocycla blepharosepala
  • Synclisia zambesiaca

Flora

Entry for Anisocycla blepharosepala Diels [family MENISPERMACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 1, Part 1, page 150, (1960) Author: G. Troupin
Names
Synclisia zambesiaca N.E.Br. [family MENISPERMACEAE], in Kew Bull. 1892: 196 (1892) pro parte quoad fr.
Anisocycla blepharosepala Diels [family MENISPERMACEAE], in Engl., Pflanzenr. IV, 94: 93 (1910). TAB. 18 Type: Mozambique, Boroma, Menyhart 780 (BM; G; K; UPS; Z, holotype).
Information
Liane with yellowish hairs. Leaf-lamina 3–7 x 2–4 cm., elliptic or ovate-elliptic, obtuse at the base, obtuse and sometimes mucronulate at the apex, papyraceous to subcoriaceous, discolorous, nerves 2–4 on each side, petiole 0.5–1.5 cm. long, whitish or yellowish puberulous. Male inflorescences of 4–6-flowered corymbs; peduncle 1–1.5 cm. long. Male flowers with 18–24 sepals, margins ciliate with white hairs, otherwise glabrous, blackish when dry, the outer very small, less than 0.5 mm. in diam., the median larger, the inner ovate, 1.7–2.2 x 1.2–1.4 mm.; petals 6, 0.8–1.2 x 0.8–1.2 mm., broadly ovate-elliptic, more or less fleshy; synandrium 1.3–1.6 mm. long; anthers 9–10. Female inflorescences of few-flowered corymbs. Female flowers with sepals similar to those of the male; petals 3; staminodes 3, hairy; carpels 6; ovary 1.2–1.6 mm. long, densely tomentellous. Drupelets c. 1.5–1.8 x 1 cm., subglobular, puberulous to pubescent.
Habitat
A species of riverine forest.
Range
Known only from S. Rhodesia and Mozambique.
Distribution
Zimbabwe S Nuanetsi Distr., Nya-masikana R., fr. viii.1956, Mowbray 122 (K; SRGH).Mozambique MS Chiramba, fr. iii.1859, Kirk (K).Zimbabwe W Gwaai, fr., Eyles 6448 (K; SRGH).

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