ABRUS schimperi (Vatke) Verdc. subsp. africanus [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]

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, (1971) Author: J. B. GILLETT, R. M. POLHILL & B. VERDCOURT
Names
ABRUS schimperi (Vatke) Verdc. subsp. africanus [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in K.B. 24: 243 (1970). Type: Kenya, Ukamba, Kitui, Hildebrandt 2797 (B, holo. †, BM, K, iso. !)
Hoepfneria africana Vatke [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschr. 29: 222 (1879)
Abrus schimperi [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], [sensu Taub. in E. & P. Pf. 3(3): 355 (1894); P.O.A. C: 219 (1895); L.T.A.: 352 (1929), pro parte; T.T.C.L.: 404 (1949), non Bak. sensu stricto]
Information
Leaves 14–20-foliolate. Indumentum of inflorescence-rhachis and calyx greyish.
Range
DISTR. K1, 2, 4, 7; T1, 3 (see note), 4, 5, 7
Altitude range
450–1470 m., rarely down to 50 m. and up to 2100 m. (see note)
Distribution
KENYA Northern Frontier Province Lorogi [Leroghi] Plateau, 15 June 1959, Kerfoot 1091!KENYA Machakos District Kibwezi, 22 Mar. 1906, Scheffler 138! & near Sultan Hamud, Garabani Hill, 16 Mar. 1940, V. G. L. van Someren 126 ! & 168 !KENYA Teita District S. of Voi, Sagala Hill, 11 Dec. 1961, Polhill & Paulo 957 !TANGANYIKA Shinyanga, 25 May 1931, B. D. Burtt 2447!TANGANYIKA Dodoma District near 13 km. on Itigi–Chunya road, May 1951, Eggeling 6086!TANGANYIKA Mbeya District Igawa–Chimala road, 27 Mar. 1963, Richards 18044 !
Distribution (external)
; Zambia
Rhodesia
Notes
Holst 2825 from Tanganyika, Amboni, must, if correctly labelled, have come from a low altitude and Kerfoot 1091 has the accompanying information, “extending in to the cedar zone 7000 ft.” A number of plants from Tanganyika, e.g. Claus in Herb. Amani 1655 in part (Dodoma District, Kilimatinde), Greenway 2172 (Pare Mts.) and Gillman 796 (W. Usambara Mts.) approach subsp. oblongus Verdc. described from Malawi and E. Rhodesia. More ripe fruiting material is required.
ABRUS schimperi (Vatke) Verdc. subsp. africanus [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
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