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ABUTILON angulatum (Guill. & Perr.) Mast. [family MALVACEAE]
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 2, (1999) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
ABUTILON angulatum (Guill. & Perr.) Mast. [family MALVACEAE], (1868);
Bastardia angulata Guill. & Perr. [family MALVACEAE], (1831). Fig. 46 F. [type as above]
Information
Shrubby herb or shrub, up to c. 2 m tall; all parts greyish tomentose with very short stellate hairs and without long simple hairs; stems soon angular with longitudinal ridges. Leaves with 1–12 cm long petiole; blade ± broadly ovate, up to 23 x 16 cm but usually much smaller, cordate at the base, acute to acuminate at the apex, with crenate or serrate margins. Flowers in terminal and lateral panicles; pedicels 1–3.5 cm long. Calyx 6–10 mm long. Petals 10–22 mm long, yellow to orange. Mericarps 20–30, 7–9 x 5–6 mm, 1-seeded, rounded or with an obtuse dorsal angle, tomentose. Seeds c. 2.5 mm long, smooth to finely papillose.
Range
S2, 3 widespread in tropical Africa.
Altitude range
up to c. 100 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Puccioni 35; Warfa 91.
Distribution (external)
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Notes
Puccioni 35 (FT) from “Mobilen” in S3 is sterile, but has the characteristic angular stems of this species. Warfa 91 from S2 is also a poor specimen.
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 2, (1999) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
ABUTILON angulatum (Guill. & Perr.) Mast. [family MALVACEAE], (1868);
Bastardia angulata Guill. & Perr. [family MALVACEAE], (1831). Fig. 46 F. [type as above]
Information
Shrubby herb or shrub, up to c. 2 m tall; all parts greyish tomentose with very short stellate hairs and without long simple hairs; stems soon angular with longitudinal ridges. Leaves with 1–12 cm long petiole; blade ± broadly ovate, up to 23 x 16 cm but usually much smaller, cordate at the base, acute to acuminate at the apex, with crenate or serrate margins. Flowers in terminal and lateral panicles; pedicels 1–3.5 cm long. Calyx 6–10 mm long. Petals 10–22 mm long, yellow to orange. Mericarps 20–30, 7–9 x 5–6 mm, 1-seeded, rounded or with an obtuse dorsal angle, tomentose. Seeds c. 2.5 mm long, smooth to finely papillose.
Range
S2, 3 widespread in tropical Africa.
Altitude range
up to c. 100 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Puccioni 35; Warfa 91.
Distribution (external)
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Notes
Puccioni 35 (FT) from “Mobilen” in S3 is sterile, but has the characteristic angular stems of this species. Warfa 91 from S2 is also a poor specimen.
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 2, (1999) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
ABUTILON angulatum (Guill. & Perr.) Mast. [family MALVACEAE], (1868);
Bastardia angulata Guill. & Perr. [family MALVACEAE], (1831). Fig. 46 F. [type as above]
Information
Shrubby herb or shrub, up to c. 2 m tall; all parts greyish tomentose with very short stellate hairs and without long simple hairs; stems soon angular with longitudinal ridges. Leaves with 1–12 cm long petiole; blade ± broadly ovate, up to 23 x 16 cm but usually much smaller, cordate at the base, acute to acuminate at the apex, with crenate or serrate margins. Flowers in terminal and lateral panicles; pedicels 1–3.5 cm long. Calyx 6–10 mm long. Petals 10–22 mm long, yellow to orange. Mericarps 20–30, 7–9 x 5–6 mm, 1-seeded, rounded or with an obtuse dorsal angle, tomentose. Seeds c. 2.5 mm long, smooth to finely papillose.
Range
S2, 3 widespread in tropical Africa.
Altitude range
up to c. 100 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Puccioni 35; Warfa 91.
Distribution (external)
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Notes
Puccioni 35 (FT) from “Mobilen” in S3 is sterile, but has the characteristic angular stems of this species. Warfa 91 from S2 is also a poor specimen.
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