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CALCIPHILA galgalensis (Liede) Liede & Meve [family ]
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by M. Gilbert (Ceropegia), D. Goyder (Calotropis, Conomitra, Glossonema, Gomphocarpus, Leptadenia, Marsdenia, Odontanthera, Oxystelma, Pentatropis, Pergularia, Secamone, Stigmatorhynchus, Tylophora), J. Lavranos (Ballyanthus, Caralluma, Desmidorchis, Duvalia, Echidnopsis, Edithcolea, Huernia, Orbea, Pseudolithos, Pseudopectinaria, Rhytidocaulon, Sanguilluma, Whitesloanea), S. Liede-Schumann (Blyttia, Calciphila, Cynanchum, Goydera, Pentarrhinum, Pleurostelma, Schizostephanus), M. Thulin (Acokanthera, Adenium, Ancylobotrys, Carissa, Catharanthus, Cryptostegia, Ephippiocarpa, Hunteria, Landolphia, Nerium, Plumeria, Saba, Strophanthus, Tabernaemontana, Thevetia, Wrightia), and J. Venter (Buckollia, Cryptolepis, Periploca, Raphionacme, Schlechterella, Tacazzea). [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
CALCIPHILA galgalensis (Liede) Liede & Meve [family ], (2006);. type: N3, c. 15 km SW of “Candala”, “Toh” well, Thulin & Warfa 5612 (K holo., UPS iso.). Fig. 111.
Cynanchum galgalense Liede [family ASCLEPIADACEAE], (1996);. type: N3, c. 15 km SW of “Candala”, “Toh” well, Thulin & Warfa 5612 (K holo., UPS iso.). Fig. 111.
Information
Plants ascending to hanging, 5–30 cm long, densely pubescent. Leaf blades elliptic, 4–20 x 2–9(–13) mm, margins thickened. Inflorescences 5–24-flowered; rachis5–50 mm long; peduncles 3–7 mm long; pedicels 2–4 mm long. Corolla cup-shaped, c. 1.5 mm long, cream, pubescent inside; lobes ovate to oblong. Corona urn-shaped, white, c. 0.8 mm long, exceeding the gynostegium and partly obscuring it, tube more than 3/4 of corona length; staminal lobes ovate, apically erect, interstaminal lobes oblong, erect to reflexed, both with pronounced convex fold in upper half. Gynostegium sessile, c. 1 x 1 mm; anther wings c. 0.7 mm long, extending along the whole length of the anther; connective appendages c. 0.3 x 0.3 mm, ovate, narrower than the anthers; stigmatic head c. 0.4 x 0.2 mm, flat. Follicles c. 30 x 4 mm.
Range
N2, 3 not known elsewhere.
Altitude range
800–2060 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Gillett & Watson 23843; Thulin & Warfa 6205; Thulin, Abdi Dahir & Ahmed Osman 9433.
Notes
Darjo (Som.).
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by M. Gilbert (Ceropegia), D. Goyder (Calotropis, Conomitra, Glossonema, Gomphocarpus, Leptadenia, Marsdenia, Odontanthera, Oxystelma, Pentatropis, Pergularia, Secamone, Stigmatorhynchus, Tylophora), J. Lavranos (Ballyanthus, Caralluma, Desmidorchis, Duvalia, Echidnopsis, Edithcolea, Huernia, Orbea, Pseudolithos, Pseudopectinaria, Rhytidocaulon, Sanguilluma, Whitesloanea), S. Liede-Schumann (Blyttia, Calciphila, Cynanchum, Goydera, Pentarrhinum, Pleurostelma, Schizostephanus), M. Thulin (Acokanthera, Adenium, Ancylobotrys, Carissa, Catharanthus, Cryptostegia, Ephippiocarpa, Hunteria, Landolphia, Nerium, Plumeria, Saba, Strophanthus, Tabernaemontana, Thevetia, Wrightia), and J. Venter (Buckollia, Cryptolepis, Periploca, Raphionacme, Schlechterella, Tacazzea). [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
CALCIPHILA galgalensis (Liede) Liede & Meve [family ], (2006);. type: N3, c. 15 km SW of “Candala”, “Toh” well, Thulin & Warfa 5612 (K holo., UPS iso.). Fig. 111.
Cynanchum galgalense Liede [family ASCLEPIADACEAE], (1996);. type: N3, c. 15 km SW of “Candala”, “Toh” well, Thulin & Warfa 5612 (K holo., UPS iso.). Fig. 111.
Information
Plants ascending to hanging, 5–30 cm long, densely pubescent. Leaf blades elliptic, 4–20 x 2–9(–13) mm, margins thickened. Inflorescences 5–24-flowered; rachis5–50 mm long; peduncles 3–7 mm long; pedicels 2–4 mm long. Corolla cup-shaped, c. 1.5 mm long, cream, pubescent inside; lobes ovate to oblong. Corona urn-shaped, white, c. 0.8 mm long, exceeding the gynostegium and partly obscuring it, tube more than 3/4 of corona length; staminal lobes ovate, apically erect, interstaminal lobes oblong, erect to reflexed, both with pronounced convex fold in upper half. Gynostegium sessile, c. 1 x 1 mm; anther wings c. 0.7 mm long, extending along the whole length of the anther; connective appendages c. 0.3 x 0.3 mm, ovate, narrower than the anthers; stigmatic head c. 0.4 x 0.2 mm, flat. Follicles c. 30 x 4 mm.
Range
N2, 3 not known elsewhere.
Altitude range
800–2060 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Gillett & Watson 23843; Thulin & Warfa 6205; Thulin, Abdi Dahir & Ahmed Osman 9433.
Notes
Darjo (Som.).
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by M. Gilbert (Ceropegia), D. Goyder (Calotropis, Conomitra, Glossonema, Gomphocarpus, Leptadenia, Marsdenia, Odontanthera, Oxystelma, Pentatropis, Pergularia, Secamone, Stigmatorhynchus, Tylophora), J. Lavranos (Ballyanthus, Caralluma, Desmidorchis, Duvalia, Echidnopsis, Edithcolea, Huernia, Orbea, Pseudolithos, Pseudopectinaria, Rhytidocaulon, Sanguilluma, Whitesloanea), S. Liede-Schumann (Blyttia, Calciphila, Cynanchum, Goydera, Pentarrhinum, Pleurostelma, Schizostephanus), M. Thulin (Acokanthera, Adenium, Ancylobotrys, Carissa, Catharanthus, Cryptostegia, Ephippiocarpa, Hunteria, Landolphia, Nerium, Plumeria, Saba, Strophanthus, Tabernaemontana, Thevetia, Wrightia), and J. Venter (Buckollia, Cryptolepis, Periploca, Raphionacme, Schlechterella, Tacazzea). [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
CALCIPHILA galgalensis (Liede) Liede & Meve [family ], (2006);. type: N3, c. 15 km SW of “Candala”, “Toh” well, Thulin & Warfa 5612 (K holo., UPS iso.). Fig. 111.
Cynanchum galgalense Liede [family ASCLEPIADACEAE], (1996);. type: N3, c. 15 km SW of “Candala”, “Toh” well, Thulin & Warfa 5612 (K holo., UPS iso.). Fig. 111.
Information
Plants ascending to hanging, 5–30 cm long, densely pubescent. Leaf blades elliptic, 4–20 x 2–9(–13) mm, margins thickened. Inflorescences 5–24-flowered; rachis5–50 mm long; peduncles 3–7 mm long; pedicels 2–4 mm long. Corolla cup-shaped, c. 1.5 mm long, cream, pubescent inside; lobes ovate to oblong. Corona urn-shaped, white, c. 0.8 mm long, exceeding the gynostegium and partly obscuring it, tube more than 3/4 of corona length; staminal lobes ovate, apically erect, interstaminal lobes oblong, erect to reflexed, both with pronounced convex fold in upper half. Gynostegium sessile, c. 1 x 1 mm; anther wings c. 0.7 mm long, extending along the whole length of the anther; connective appendages c. 0.3 x 0.3 mm, ovate, narrower than the anthers; stigmatic head c. 0.4 x 0.2 mm, flat. Follicles c. 30 x 4 mm.
Range
N2, 3 not known elsewhere.
Altitude range
800–2060 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Gillett & Watson 23843; Thulin & Warfa 6205; Thulin, Abdi Dahir & Ahmed Osman 9433.
Notes
Darjo (Som.).
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