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Anthocleista schweinfurthii

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Identification
Anthocleista schweinfurthii Gilg [family LOGANIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Leeuwenberg,A.J.M., Anthocleista insulana S.Moore [family LOGANIACEAE ] Verified by Leeuwenberg,A.J.M.,
Related name
  • Anthocleista niamniamensis
  • Anthocleista magnifica
  • Anthocleista squamata
  • Anthocleista laurentii
  • Anthocleista schweinfurthii
  • Anthocleista inermis
  • Anthocleista pynaertii
  • Anthocleista insulana
  • Anthocleista nobilis
  • Anthocleista vogelii

Flora

Entry for ANTHOCLEISTA schweinfurthii Gilg [family LOGANIACEAE]
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, (1960) Author: E. A. Bruce and J. Lewis
Names
ANTHOCLEISTA schweinfurthii Gilg [family LOGANIACEAE], in E.J. 17: 579 (1893); P.O.A. C: 312 (1895); F.T.A. 4 (1): 541 (1903); T.T.C.L.: 269 (1949); I.T.U., ed. 2: 165 (1952); E. A. Bruce in K.B. 1955: 51 (1955). Types: Belgian Congo, Uele Province, R. Mbrwole, Schweinfurth 3726 (B, syn.†, K, isosyn.!) & Tanganyika, Bukoba, Stuhlmann 3751 (B, syn.†) & Mwanza District, Maisome Is., Stuhlmann 4133 (B, syn.†)
ANTHOCLEISTA stuhlmannii Gilg [family LOGANIACEAE], in E.J. 17: 580 (1893); P.O.A. C: 312 (1895); F.T.A. 4 (1): 540 (1903); Z.A.E.: 533 (1913); T.T.C.L.: 269 (1949). Type: Tanganyika, Bukoba, Stuhlmann 3727 (B, holo.†)
ANTHOCLEISTA nobilis [family LOGANIACEAE], [sensu Baker in F.T.A. 4 (1): 538 (1903), quoad spec. Schweinfurth 3037!, non G. Don.]
ANTHOCLEISTA inermis [family LOGANIACEAE], [sensu Baker in F.T.A. 4 (1): 541 (1903), quoad spec. ex Lower Congo, Ch. Smith; I.T.U., ed. 2: 164 (1952); non Engl.]
ANTHOCLEISTA insulana S. Moore [family LOGANIACEAE], in J.L.S. 37: 186 (1905); I.T.U., ed. 2: 164 (1952). Type: Uganda, Mengo District, Buvuma Is., Bagshawe 638 (BM, holo.!)
Information
Tree 6–20 m. high; branchlets unarmed; internodes 0.5–2(–3) cm. long. Leaves bright green, glossy, upper ones petiolate, lower ones often subsessile; petiole 1.9 cm. long; lamina usually subcoriaceous, oblanceolate or narrowly obovate, 13–45(–80) cm. long, 6–14(–23) cm. wide, acute, subacute or rounded, narrowly cuneate and often auriculate at the base; auricles semi-orbicular, undulate, often drying up; leaf-margin slightly undulate-crenulate; lateral nerves 6–13, prominent below; tertiary nerves often visible but not conspicuous. Inflorescence shorter than the subtending leaves, 8–24 cm. long; primary peduncles 5–18 cm. long; secondary 3–7 cm. long; all comparatively slender; pedicels ± slender, 1–1.5 cm. long (increasing to 2.5 cm. in fruit); bracts ovate to subquadrate, subacute, often conspicuous and persistent in fruit, about 8 mm. long. Flowers fragrant. Calyx-lobes not fleshy; outer lobes suborbicular or subquadrate, 8–12 mm. long, rounded or truncate, inner slightly longer and broader, overlapping each other and clasping the corolla-tube. Corolla-tube 2.4–2.8 cm. long; corolla-lobes about 14, ± oblong, 1.6–2.2 cm. long, rounded and suboblique, often reflexed; buds tapered or pointed when young, becoming less acute but always broader below the apex. Fruit ovoid to globose, 2.5–3.6 cm. long, 2–3 cm. in diameter apically often apiculate (remains of style-base) or with a small terminal hole, ± clasped at the base by the calyx.
Range
DISTR. U2, 4; T1, 4
Altitude range
1200–1400 m.
Distribution
TANGANYIKA Buha District Kasulu-Kibondo road, R. Mlagarasi, Bullock 3223!UGANDA Masaka District Sesse Islands, Bugala, near Sozi Point, Nov. 1931 (fr.), Eggeling 89 in F.D. 262! & Philip 433! & Katera, 1 Oct. 1953 (fr.), Drummond & Hemsley 4504!
Distribution (external)
; Nigeria
Cameroons
Gabon
Cabinda
Belgian Congo
the Sudan
Notes
The following synonyms have been used for this species in other areas of Africa: A. niamniamensis Gilg, A. magnifica Gilg, A. squamata De Wild. & Th. Dur., A. laurentii De Wild., A. pynaertii De Wild., A. oubanguiensis Aubrév. & Pellegr. and perhaps A. gigantea Gilg.

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