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Cleome macrophylla var. maculatiflora Merxm. Wild [family CAPPARIDACEAE]

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 1, Part 1, page 194, (1960) Author: H. Wild
Names
Tetratelia tenuifolia var. maculatiflora Merxm. [family CAPPARIDACEAE], in Proc. & Trans. Rhod. Sci. Ass. 43: 86 (1951). Type as for Cleome macrophylla var. maculatiflora.
Tetratelia nationae Burtt Davy Pax & K. Hoffm. [family CAPPARIDACEAE], in Engl. & Prantl., Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 17b: 219 (1936). — Hauman & Wilczek, F.C.B. 2: 518 (1951). Type as for Cleome nationae.
Cleome nationae Burtt Davy [family CAPPARIDACEAE], in Kew Bull. 1924: 224 (1924) pro parte; F.P.F.T. 1: 121 (1926). Type from the Transvaal (Rustenberg).
Cleome macrophylla var. maculatiflora Merxm. Wild [family CAPPARIDACEAE], in Bol. Soc. Brot., Sér. 2, 32: 38 (1958). Type: S. Rhodesia, Marandellas, Dehn 140a (M, holotype; SRGH).
Information
Leaflets not more than 2 mm. wide, always linear, the petals c. 1 cm. long and all other parts proportionately smaller than in var. macrophylla. Stamens also often fewer than in var. macrophylla and occasionally as few as 6. Mature capsule 4–7 cm. long.
Habitat
Very commonly found in the shallow soils of granite outcrops
Altitude range
at rather higher altitudes (up to 2000 m.) than var. macrophylla.
2000
0
inferred only top
Distribution
Zimbabwe S Sabi R., west bank, fl. & fr. 29.i.1948, Wild 2430 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe E Umtali, Mt. Sheni, fl. & fr. 5.iv.1950, Chase 1985 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe C Salisbury, fl. & fr. 10.i.1948, Wild 2279 (K; SRGH).Mozambique M Magude, fl. & fr. 30.xi.1944, Mendonça 3187 (BM; LISC).Zimbabwe N Mtoko, fl. & fr. 28.i.1949, Hopkins in GHS 7891 (K; SRGH). W. Matopos, fl. & fr. 3.xi.1930, Hill (K; SRGH).
Distribution (external)
Transvaal
Notes
Arwidsson (loc. cit.) included these two varieties under his new combination Tetratelia tenuifolia. C. macrophylla, however, is not really related to C. maculata, the only true Tetratelia in its restricted sense, for, although some anthers in the former species may be smaller than the others, they are never sterile and there is no clavate swelling of the filament. It is probably more nearly related to C. ciliata.
Cleome macrophylla var. maculatiflora Merxm. Wild [family CAPPARIDACEAE]
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