ALLOPHYLUS rubifolius var. rubifolius [family SAPINDACEAE]

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, (1998) Author: DAVIES & B. VERDCOURT
Names
ALLOPHYLUS rubifolius var. rubifolius [family SAPINDACEAE]
Schmidelia rubifolia A. Rich. [family SAPINDACEAE], Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 103 (1847); Baker in F.T.A. 1: 423 (1868)
ALLOPHYLUS fischeri Gilg [family SAPINDACEAE], in E.J. 24: 292 (1897);. Type: Kenya/Tanzania, probably ‘Massai Steppe’, Fischer 1: 308 (B†, holo.)
ALLOPHYLUS tristis Radlk. [family SAPINDACEAE], in Sitz. Akad. Wiss. München 38: 225, 237 (1909); Baker f. in J.B. 57: 188 (1919); Radlk. in E.P. IV, 165: 542 (1932). Type: Mozambique, Sena, Chirumbe and Chupanga, Kirk (K!, syn.) & Quelimane, Stuhlmann 670 (B†, syn.) & Puguruni, Stuhlmann 670 (B†, syn.)
ALLOPHYLUS erlangeri Chiov. [family SAPINDACEAE], (1932), publication not traced; E.P.A.: 491 (1958). Types: Ethiopia, S. Harar, between Gallaborda and Sheik Hussein, Ellenbeck (B†, syn.) & Laga Hida, Basile 330 (TO, holo.)
ALLOPHYLUS alnifolius [family SAPINDACEAE], [sensu Radlk. in E.P. IV, 165: 464, 521 (1932) pro parte; E.P.A.: 491 (1958) pro parte, non (Baker) Radlk. sensu stricto – Radlkofer restricted A. rubifolius to Ethiopia]
?ALLOPHYLUS africanus Groups B & C [family ], sensu Exell in F.Z. 2: 507 (1966) pro parte – with simple inflorescences
ALLOPHYLUS griseotomentosus [family SAPINDACEAE], [sensu adnot. mult., non Gilg sensu stricto]
Information
Leaflets sparsely to densely pubescent, typically obovate. Inflorescence (2.5–)5–10(–12) cm. long.
Range
DISTR. U 1–4; K 1–7; T 1–8 E. Zaire, Sudan, Ethiopia and N. Somalia, south to South Africa (Gauteng and Kwazulu-Natal)
Altitude range
?0–2250 m.
Distribution
KENYA Northern Frontier Province S. end Mt. Kulal, Mar. 1972, Tweedie 4291!KENYA E. Elgon, June 1960, Tweedie 2016B!KENYA Kitui, Kyangwithie, 20 Jan. 1962, Mbonge 11!TANZANIA Musoma District Serengeti, Seronera, 9 Jan. 1963, Greenway 10932!TANZANIA Kondoa District Farkwa, 27 Jan. 1966, Newman 123!TANZANIA Uzaramo District Dar es Salaam, University College, 22 Feb. 1969, B.J. Harris & Gardiner 2806!UGANDA Karamoja District E. of Loyoro, towards the Turkana Escarpment, July 1954, M.S. Philip 640!UGANDA Bunyoro District Butiaba Flats, Oct. 1933, Eggeling 1437!UGANDA Mbale District Bukedi, 3 km. N. of Malaba R., near Apoli, 5 July 1971, Katende 1144!
Notes
Radlkofer (E.P. IV, 165: 522 (1932)) synonymises A. fischeri with A. alnifolius but Gilg’s original description mentions that the leaflets are densely grey tomentose beneath and small; it belongs here I think.
ALLOPHYLUS rubifolius var. rubifolius [family SAPINDACEAE]
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