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CRYPTOLEPIS Welwitschii Hiern Var. β luteola [family ASCLEPIADACEAE]
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 4, Part 1, page 231, (1904) Author: (By N. E. Brown.)
Names
CRYPTOLEPIS Welwitschii Hiern Var. β luteola [family ASCLEPIADACEAE], in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 677.
Information
A sarmentose shrublet 1/2–1 1/2 ft. high. Flowers yellowish.
Distribution
Angola Lower Guinea Huilla; in thickets near Huilla, Welwitsch, 4205!
Notes
I doubt if this is in any way distinct from the typical form. Ectadiopsis scandens, K. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 219, should probably be referred to C. Welwitschii. It is described as follows: A twining shrub. Margins of the sinus-pockets of the corolla-lobes not ciliate. Common in Angola. Cryptolepis scandens, Schlechter, Westafr. Kautschuk-Exped. 308, name only, collected in sandy soil near Dolo, not far from Stanley Pool, inLower Congo, Schlechter, 12451. This is stated to be identical with Ectadiopsis scandens, K. Schum., but, as there is not a word of description to support this view, I am doubtful of the determination, especially as the specimens distributed by the Berlin authorities under this name have the sinus-pockets ciliate, and thus entirely disagree with Ectadiopsis scandens in the only distinctive character assigned to it.
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 4, Part 1, page 231, (1904) Author: (By N. E. Brown.)
Names
CRYPTOLEPIS Welwitschii Hiern Var. β luteola [family ASCLEPIADACEAE], in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 677.
Information
A sarmentose shrublet 1/2–1 1/2 ft. high. Flowers yellowish.
Distribution
Angola Lower Guinea Huilla; in thickets near Huilla, Welwitsch, 4205!
Notes
I doubt if this is in any way distinct from the typical form. Ectadiopsis scandens, K. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 219, should probably be referred to C. Welwitschii. It is described as follows: A twining shrub. Margins of the sinus-pockets of the corolla-lobes not ciliate. Common in Angola. Cryptolepis scandens, Schlechter, Westafr. Kautschuk-Exped. 308, name only, collected in sandy soil near Dolo, not far from Stanley Pool, inLower Congo, Schlechter, 12451. This is stated to be identical with Ectadiopsis scandens, K. Schum., but, as there is not a word of description to support this view, I am doubtful of the determination, especially as the specimens distributed by the Berlin authorities under this name have the sinus-pockets ciliate, and thus entirely disagree with Ectadiopsis scandens in the only distinctive character assigned to it.
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 4, Part 1, page 231, (1904) Author: (By N. E. Brown.)
Names
CRYPTOLEPIS Welwitschii Hiern Var. β luteola [family ASCLEPIADACEAE], in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 677.
Information
A sarmentose shrublet 1/2–1 1/2 ft. high. Flowers yellowish.
Distribution
Angola Lower Guinea Huilla; in thickets near Huilla, Welwitsch, 4205!
Notes
I doubt if this is in any way distinct from the typical form. Ectadiopsis scandens, K. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 219, should probably be referred to C. Welwitschii. It is described as follows: A twining shrub. Margins of the sinus-pockets of the corolla-lobes not ciliate. Common in Angola. Cryptolepis scandens, Schlechter, Westafr. Kautschuk-Exped. 308, name only, collected in sandy soil near Dolo, not far from Stanley Pool, inLower Congo, Schlechter, 12451. This is stated to be identical with Ectadiopsis scandens, K. Schum., but, as there is not a word of description to support this view, I am doubtful of the determination, especially as the specimens distributed by the Berlin authorities under this name have the sinus-pockets ciliate, and thus entirely disagree with Ectadiopsis scandens in the only distinctive character assigned to it.
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