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Macaranga kilimandscharica Pax [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
Macaranga neomildbraediana Lebrun [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in Ann. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles Sér. B: 160 (1934). —Robyns & Tournay, Fl. Sperm. Parc Nat. Alb. 1: 461 (1948). —Troupin, Fl. Pl. Lign. Rwanda: 264, fig. 91/1 (1982); Fl. Rwanda 2: 230, fig. 69/1 (1983). Type from Zaire.
Macaranga capensis var. kilimandscharica Pax Friis & M.G. Gilbert [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in Kew Bull. 41: 68 (1986).
Macaranga kilimandscharica Pax [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in Engler, Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C: 238 (1895); in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 23: 526 (1897). —Prain in F.T.A. 6, 1: 938 (1912). —Pax & K Hoffm. in Engler, Pflanzenr. [IV, fam. 147, vii] 63: 344 (1914). —Engler, Pflanzenw. Afrikas (Veg. Erde 9) 3, 2: 93 (1921). —De Wildeman, Pl. Bequaert. 3, 4: 478 (1926). —Robyns & Tournay, Fl. Sperm. Parc Nat. Alb. 1: 461 (1948). —Brenan, Check-list For. Trees Shrubs Tang. Terr.: 217 (1949). —Eggeling & Dale, Indig. Trees Uganda, ed. 2: 132 (1952). —F.W. Andrews, Fl. Pl. Anglo-Egypt. Sudan 2: 85 (1952). —Brenan in Mem. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 9, 1: 74 (1954). —Topham, Check List For. Trees Shrubs Nyasaland Prot.: 52 (1958). —Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees & Shrubs: 208 (1961). —Radcliffe-Smith in F.T.E.A., Euphorb. 1: 245 (1987). —Beentje, Kenya Trees, Shrubs Lianas: 212 (1994). Types from Tanzania.
Macaranga nyassae Pax & K. Hoffm. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in Engler, Pflanzenr. [IV, fam. 147, vii] 63: 343 (1914). —Engler, Pflanzenw. Afrikas (Veg. Erde 9) 3, 2: 93 (1921). Type from Tanzania.
Macaranga mildbraediana Pax & K. Hoffm. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in Engler, Pflanzenr. [IV, fam. 147, vii] 63: 343 (1914). —Engler, Pflanzenw. Afrikas (Veg. Erde 9) 3, 2: 93 (1921). Type from Zaire.
Information
Very similar to M. capensis, but with leaf blades rhombic-ovate to triangular-ovate, more gradually acuminate at the apex, cuneate or rounded at the base, not more than 15 × 10 cm, and generally somewhat glaucous beneath; and with inflorescence axes more obviously zigzag towards the apex, and the distal bracts of the male flowers ± entire.
Habitat
Submontane mixed evergreen forest, in subcanopy and on forest margins, also in gullies by stream sides
Altitude range
2000–2100 m.
2100
2000
Distribution
Malawi S Zomba Mt., st. 22.vi.1961, Chapman 1389 (FHO; MAL).Malawi N Chitipa Distr., Misuku Hills, Mughesse Forest, y. male fl. 28.xii.1972, Pawek 6198 (K; MAL; MO; SRGH; UC).Zambia E Nyika Plateau, Chowo Forest, fr. 9.ix.1976, Pawek 11785 (K; MAL; MO).
Distribution (external)
Sudan
Ethiopia, Zaire (Kivu Province)
Uganda
Kenya
Rwanda
Burundi
Tanzania
Notes
Doubtfully distinct from M. capensis, with which it intergrades.Armitage 33/55 in GHS 53659 (PRE; SRGH) from Zimbabwe (E) and Chase 6837 (K; SRGH) from Mozambique (MS) are intermediate in most respects between the two.However, I have refrained from following Friis & Gilbert (1986) in uniting them since most collections are readily assignable to one or the other.
Macaranga kilimandscharica Pax [family EUPHORBIACEAE]
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