ALLOPHYLUS rubifolius (Gilg) Verdc. var. dasystachys [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 (Gilg) Verdc. var. dasystachys [family SAPINDACEAE], comb. et stat. nov. Type: Kenya, Nairobi/Masai Districts, Athi Plains, Feb. 1896, Pospischil (W, holo., K!, photo.)
Schmidelia rubifolia [family SAPINDACEAE], [sensu Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc., ser. 2, 2: 331 (1887), non A. Rich.]
Allophylus rubifolius [family SAPINDACEAE], [sensu Engl., Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr.: 292 (1892) pro parte, non (A. Rich.) Engl. sensu stricto]
Allophylus dasystachys Gilg [family SAPINDACEAE], in E.J. 24: 293 (1897); Radlk. in Sitz. Akad. Wiss. München 38: 220 (1909) & in E.P. IV, 165: 526 (1932)
Allophylus stachyanthus Gilg [family SAPINDACEAE], in E.J. 24: 292 (1897); Radlk. in Sitz. Akad. Wiss. München 38: 225 (1909) & in E.P. IV, 165: 541 (1932); T.T.C.L.: 555 (1949); K.T.S.: 506 (1961). Types: Kenya, Teita District, Mwatate, Johnston (B†, syn., BM!, K!, isosyn.) & Tanzania, Kilimanjaro, Marangu, Volkens 618 & 1703 (B†, syn.) & Pare District, Pare Mts., Ugweno [Ugueno] Mt., Volkens 495 (B†, syn.) & Biharamulo District, Bukome, Stuhlmann 3460 (B†, syn.)
Allophylus calophyllus Gilg [family SAPINDACEAE], in E.J. 24: 291 (1897); Radlk. in Sitz. Akad. Wiss. München 38: 224 (1909) & in E.P. IV, 165: 541 (1932); T.T.C.L.: 555 (1949). Type: Tanzania, Kilimanjaro, Useri, Volkens 1973 (B†, holo.)
Allophylus spragueanus [family SAPINDACEAE], [sensu T.T.C.L.: 553 (1949) quoad Greenway 2081, non Burtt Davy sensu stricto]
Information
Leaflets very discolorous, drying dark brown above, pale grey brown thickly velvety beneath, usually more elliptic and 7–10(–13) cm. long, 2–5.5(–7.5) cm. wide. Inflorescences up to 17 cm. long, often with cymules very dense, sometimes branched (see note).
Range
DISTR. K 1, 4, 6, 7; T 1–3 not known elsewhere
Altitude range
(50–150 (coast)) 900–2100 m.
Distribution
KENYA Nairobi District Bahati, Mbagathi stream, 27 Mar. 1933, Gilbert Rogers 545! & Karura Forest, 26 Mar. 1958, Verdcourt 2143!KENYA Machakos District Ulu, 6 Mar. 1930, Napier 22!TANZANIA Masai District Namanga R., 28 June 1938, Evans & Erens 1054!TANZANIA Arusha District Duluti, Tengeru, 5 July 1954, Matalu 3154!TANZANIA Pare District SW. Pare Mts., near Vudee, 30 Jan. 1930, Greenway 2081!
Notes
Around Nairobi this is a stable entity with exactly similar specimens having been collected in the same place over a period of 25 years but forms occur with leaves with only a few scattered hairs, e.g. Mettam 164 (Kiambu District, Kabete, 1860 m.) - it is by inspection clearly the same taxon. The dense-flowered forms are distinctive, e.g. Battiscombe 934 which has many more male than female flowers (Nairobi Arboretum - wild part, c. 1919). Coastal forms usually have much shorter inflorescences. Forms with branched inflorescences are rather frequent and correspond to A. stachyanthus. It is frequently impossible to name them and many have been determined as hybrids with A. africanus, but on no evidence.
ALLOPHYLUS rubifolius (Gilg) Verdc. var. dasystachys [family SAPINDACEAE]
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