Bridelia cathartica forma fischeri Pax Radcl.-Sm. [family EUPHORBIACEAE]

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 9, Part 4, (1996) Author: A. Radcliffe-Smith
Names
Bridelia cathartica forma fischeri Pax Radcl.-Sm. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in Kew Bull. 51, 2: 302 (1996). Type from Tanzania.
Bridelia fischeri Pax [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 531 (1893); Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C: 237 (1895). —Hutchinson in F.T.A. 6, 1: 616 (1912). —Jablonszky in Engler, Pflanzenr. [IV, fam. 147, viii] 65: 68 (1915). —Engler, Pflanzenw. Afrikas 3, 2: 43 (1921). —O.B. Miller, Check-list For. Trees Shrubs Bech. Prot.: 31 (1948). —Brenan, Check-list For. Trees Shrubs Tang. Terr.: 200 (1949).
Bridelia niedenzui var. pilosa Gehrm. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 41, Beibl. 95: 37 (1908). Type from Tanzania.
Bridelia scleroneura [family EUPHORBIACEAE], sensu R.E. Fries, Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Rhod.-Kongo-Exped. 1, 1: 118 (1914), non Müll. Arg. (1864, 1866).
Information
Veins evenly to sparingly pubescent and later glabrescent beneath.
Habitat
On Kalahari Sand, sandy loam and clay soils, on rocky outcrops and hill slopes, dambos, floodplains and mushitu margins, in wooded grassland, mopane veld, miombo and mixed deciduous woodland
Altitude range
470–1370 m.
1370
470
Distribution
Mozambique MS Marínguè, st. 26.iv.1973, Bond 9B25 (LISC; SRGH).Mozambique T Fíngoè, o. fr. 10.ix.1941, Torre 3231 (LISC).Mozambique Z Ile, Errego, 3 km from Mt. Ile, male fl. 3.iii.1966, Torre & Correia 14972 (LISC).Malawi S Mangochi Distr., Namwera Escarpment, y. fl./st. 15.iii.1955, Exell, Mendonça & Wild 892 (BM; K; LISC; SRGH).Malawi C Dedza Distr., Kirk Range, Ganya, fr. 31.v.1989, Chikuni, Patel & Nachamba 141 (MAL; MO).Zimbabwe S Masvingo Distr., Great Zimbabwe, o. fr. vii.1951, Seward 57/51 (SRGH).Zimbabwe E Mutare (Umtali), subst. 12.xi.1930, Fries, Norlindh & Weimarck 2924 (K; LD).Zimbabwe C Kadoma (Gatooma), fr. vi.1926, Herb. Dept. Agr. S.R. 1234 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe W Nyamandhlovu, y. fr. 10.iv.1953, Plowes 1588 (K; PRE; SRGH).Zambia E Petauke Distr., near Ndefu, fr. 19.iv.1952, White 2419 (FHO; K).Zambia S Namwala, v.o. fr. 12.viii.1963, van Rensburg 2421 (K).Zambia C Lusaka, male fl. 12.iii.1973, Chisumpa 14 (K; NDO).Mozambique N 11 km Marrupa–Nungo, o. fr. 5.viii.1981, Jansen et al. 66 (MO; WAG).Malawi N Nkhata Bay–Chikale Beach, o. fr. 7.xii.1975, Pawek 10388 (K; MAL; MO; SRGH; UC).Zimbabwe N Hurungwe Distr., near Gota Gota Hill, female fl. and y. fr. 21.ii.1956, Phelps 125 (K; LISC; SRGH).Zambia N Luapula Valley, male fl. 10.iv.1961, Angus 2802 (FHO; K; LISC).Botswana N Chobe Distr., Kasane Rapids, fr. 2.viii.1950, Robertson & Elffers 94 (K; PRE).
Distribution (external)
Zaire (Shaba Province)
Somalia
Kenya
Tanzania
Namibia
Notes
Vernacular names as recorded in specimen data include: “kalamba bwato” (or “bwatu”) (chiBemba); “mulapambare” (chiGowa); “munonyamanzi” (Tok); “mupala-pala” (eMakhuwa); “musamandola” (chiChewa); “sinengwe” (Nyamandhlovu area).Whereas the MO and SRGH duplicates of P.A. Smith 4314 (fr. 14.iv.1983 along the Lesomo–Ngwezumba road in N Botswana) are referable to formafischeri, the PRE duplicate represents the forma niedenzui.
Bridelia cathartica forma fischeri Pax Radcl.-Sm. [family EUPHORBIACEAE]
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