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Adenolobus pechuelii [family FABACEAE]
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
Herbarium
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Compton Herbarium, Cape Town (SAM)
Collection
Flora of Southern Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of South Africa, (2003) Author: Dr J.P. Roux
Names
Adenolobus pechuelii [family FABACEAE]
Common names
Bauhinia pechuelii Kuntze in Jahrb. Bot. Gart. Berl. 4 : 263 (1886). Type as above.
Information
Small shrub up to 1,5m high with erect branches or branches prostrate and spreading; young branchlets with scattered stalked glands or eglandular. Leaves: petiole 4-9 mm long; blade 1-3 cm long, 1,2-4 cm wide, glaucous, glabrous, slightly emarginate or very shallowly lobed apically, cordate basally; lobes semicircular. Stipules 2-4 mm long, 1-1,5 mm broad. Racemes more than 5-flowered: peduncles glandular or eglandular; axis (5) 10-20 cm long, glandular or eglandÂular; pedicels 4-6 mm long, glandular or eglandular; bracts 2-4 mm long, 1-2 mm wide. Hypanthium 3-4 mm long, with scattered stalked glands or eglandular. Sepals 4-8 mm long, united for most of their length into a tube, glandular or eglandular, lobes 2-3 mm long, rounded apically. Petals yellow, some often with red spots, 1,2-2,5 cm long, 4-8 mm wide, narrowed basally into a claw, sometimes glandular. Stamen-filaments 3-7 mm long. Ovary 4-8 mm long, glandular or eglandular; style 4-8 mm long. Pod 1,8-2,5 cm long, 0,8-1,2 cm wide, on a stipe 0,8-2 cm long, pale yellow-brown to pinkish-red, glandular or eglanduÂlar. Seed 5-7 x 3-5 mm, light brown. Fig. 12:4-6.
Use
1. Adenolobus pechuelii (Kuntze) Torre & Hillc. in Bol. Soc. Brot. Ser. 2, 29 : 38 (1955); Schreiber in F.S.W.A. 59 : 4 (1967); Meyer, Pflanzenwelt Sudwestafrikas 86 (1969); Brum-mitt & Ross in Kew Bull. 31 : 401 (1976). Type: South West Africa, Tsoachaub River, Pechuel-Loesche s.n. (B, holo. f); Swakop-mund Distr., S. of Kuiseb, Strey 2592 (PRE, neo.!, K).
Range
Occurs in southern Angola, the central and north-western parts of South West Africa and norÂthern Botswana. Grows in coarse gravel, stony ground and in sandy river beds. Two subspecies are recogÂnized.
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
Herbarium
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Compton Herbarium, Cape Town (SAM)
Collection
Flora of Southern Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of South Africa, (2003) Author: Dr J.P. Roux
Names
Adenolobus pechuelii [family FABACEAE]
Common names
Bauhinia pechuelii Kuntze in Jahrb. Bot. Gart. Berl. 4 : 263 (1886). Type as above.
Information
Small shrub up to 1,5m high with erect branches or branches prostrate and spreading; young branchlets with scattered stalked glands or eglandular. Leaves: petiole 4-9 mm long; blade 1-3 cm long, 1,2-4 cm wide, glaucous, glabrous, slightly emarginate or very shallowly lobed apically, cordate basally; lobes semicircular. Stipules 2-4 mm long, 1-1,5 mm broad. Racemes more than 5-flowered: peduncles glandular or eglandular; axis (5) 10-20 cm long, glandular or eglandÂular; pedicels 4-6 mm long, glandular or eglandular; bracts 2-4 mm long, 1-2 mm wide. Hypanthium 3-4 mm long, with scattered stalked glands or eglandular. Sepals 4-8 mm long, united for most of their length into a tube, glandular or eglandular, lobes 2-3 mm long, rounded apically. Petals yellow, some often with red spots, 1,2-2,5 cm long, 4-8 mm wide, narrowed basally into a claw, sometimes glandular. Stamen-filaments 3-7 mm long. Ovary 4-8 mm long, glandular or eglandular; style 4-8 mm long. Pod 1,8-2,5 cm long, 0,8-1,2 cm wide, on a stipe 0,8-2 cm long, pale yellow-brown to pinkish-red, glandular or eglanduÂlar. Seed 5-7 x 3-5 mm, light brown. Fig. 12:4-6.
Use
1. Adenolobus pechuelii (Kuntze) Torre & Hillc. in Bol. Soc. Brot. Ser. 2, 29 : 38 (1955); Schreiber in F.S.W.A. 59 : 4 (1967); Meyer, Pflanzenwelt Sudwestafrikas 86 (1969); Brum-mitt & Ross in Kew Bull. 31 : 401 (1976). Type: South West Africa, Tsoachaub River, Pechuel-Loesche s.n. (B, holo. f); Swakop-mund Distr., S. of Kuiseb, Strey 2592 (PRE, neo.!, K).
Range
Occurs in southern Angola, the central and north-western parts of South West Africa and norÂthern Botswana. Grows in coarse gravel, stony ground and in sandy river beds. Two subspecies are recogÂnized.
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
Herbarium
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Compton Herbarium, Cape Town (SAM)
Collection
Flora of Southern Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of South Africa, (2003) Author: Dr J.P. Roux
Names
Adenolobus pechuelii [family FABACEAE]
Common names
Bauhinia pechuelii Kuntze in Jahrb. Bot. Gart. Berl. 4 : 263 (1886). Type as above.
Information
Small shrub up to 1,5m high with erect branches or branches prostrate and spreading; young branchlets with scattered stalked glands or eglandular. Leaves: petiole 4-9 mm long; blade 1-3 cm long, 1,2-4 cm wide, glaucous, glabrous, slightly emarginate or very shallowly lobed apically, cordate basally; lobes semicircular. Stipules 2-4 mm long, 1-1,5 mm broad. Racemes more than 5-flowered: peduncles glandular or eglandular; axis (5) 10-20 cm long, glandular or eglandÂular; pedicels 4-6 mm long, glandular or eglandular; bracts 2-4 mm long, 1-2 mm wide. Hypanthium 3-4 mm long, with scattered stalked glands or eglandular. Sepals 4-8 mm long, united for most of their length into a tube, glandular or eglandular, lobes 2-3 mm long, rounded apically. Petals yellow, some often with red spots, 1,2-2,5 cm long, 4-8 mm wide, narrowed basally into a claw, sometimes glandular. Stamen-filaments 3-7 mm long. Ovary 4-8 mm long, glandular or eglandular; style 4-8 mm long. Pod 1,8-2,5 cm long, 0,8-1,2 cm wide, on a stipe 0,8-2 cm long, pale yellow-brown to pinkish-red, glandular or eglanduÂlar. Seed 5-7 x 3-5 mm, light brown. Fig. 12:4-6.
Use
1. Adenolobus pechuelii (Kuntze) Torre & Hillc. in Bol. Soc. Brot. Ser. 2, 29 : 38 (1955); Schreiber in F.S.W.A. 59 : 4 (1967); Meyer, Pflanzenwelt Sudwestafrikas 86 (1969); Brum-mitt & Ross in Kew Bull. 31 : 401 (1976). Type: South West Africa, Tsoachaub River, Pechuel-Loesche s.n. (B, holo. f); Swakop-mund Distr., S. of Kuiseb, Strey 2592 (PRE, neo.!, K).
Range
Occurs in southern Angola, the central and north-western parts of South West Africa and norÂthern Botswana. Grows in coarse gravel, stony ground and in sandy river beds. Two subspecies are recogÂnized.
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