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Merremia kentrocaulos var. pinnatifida N.E. Br. [family CONVOLVULACEAE]

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 8, Part 1, page 9, (1987) Author: Maria Leonor Gonçalves
Names
Merremia kentrocaulos var. pinnatifida N.E. Br. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in Kew Bull. 1909: 124 (1909). Type: Botswana, Kgwebe Hills, Lugard 82 (K, holotype).
Habitat
Woodland, open forest scrubland, grassland, sandy and rocky soils
Altitude range
200–1300 m.
1300
200
Distribution
Zimbabwe E Chimanimani, 488 m., fl. & fr. 17.xii.1952, Chase 4743 (BM; K; SRGH).Zimbabwe C Marondera, Odzi R., fl. & fr. xi.1931, Myres 615 (K).Botswana SE 3 km. N. of Shashi, fl. 21.i.1960, Leach & Noel 286 (K).Zimbabwe W Bulalima-Mangwe, fl. & fr. 10.v.1942, Feiertag 45476 (SRGH).Botswana SW near Farm 115, fl. 21.ii.1970, Brown 8743 (K).Zimbabwe N Darwin, W. of SangaR., 608 m., fl. 28.i.1960, Phipps 2464 (K).Mozambique T Tete, nr. Changara, Tete-Harare Rd., 450 m. fl. & fr. 1.iii.1961, Richards 14507 (K; LISC).Botswana N Ngamiland, c.S km. NW. of Kgwebe Hills, fl. & fr. 15.ii.1966, Drummond 8730 (SRGH).Mozambique GI Canicado, nr. Mabalane, fl. & fr. 4.vi.1959, Barbosa & Lemos 8608 (COI; K; LISC; LMA; SRGH).Mozambique MS AncuezaDistr., Chiou, fl. & fr. 12.iv.1960,Lemos & Macuacua 85 (COI; K; LISC; LMA).Zimbabwe S Gwanda, 608 m., fr. 10.v.1958, Drummond 5738 (K; LISC; SRGH).
Distribution (external)
S.Africa
India
Notes
The var. kentrocaulos has leaf lobes entire or crenate, not pinnatifid. It occurs in Nigeria, Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda and Angola.
Merremia kentrocaulos var. pinnatifida N.E. Br. [family CONVOLVULACEAE]
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