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STAPFIELLA ulugurica Mildbr. [family TURNERACEAE]
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (1954) Author: J. Lewis
Names
STAPFIELLA ulugurica Mildbr. [family TURNERACEAE], in N.B.G.B. 11: 943 (1933). Type: Tanganyika, Uluguru Mts., Lupanga Peak, Schlieben 2973 (B, holo. †, BR, iso.!, K, photo-iso.!)
Information
Branches pale brown, glabrescent, residual indumentum confined to strips. Leaves 4–9.5 x 1–2.5 cm.; margin serrate, serrations “gland”-tipped and hooked towards the leaf axis; apex subacuminate; uniformly pubescent on both surfaces, especially on the midrib towards base above and on (all) the nerves beneath; uniformly black gland-dotted when dry by transmitted light; petioles up to 1.5 cm. long, pubescent. Bracts within the panicle usually small, occasionally enlarged up to 2 cm. long and foliaceous; all axes shortly pubescent or glabrescent. Calyx-tube ± 0.25 mm. long; tubercles free apically, fringed; calyx-lobes 1.75 x 0.75 (–1) mm., shortly pubescent, distinctly gland-dotted. Petals yellow or white, ± 2 mm. long in mature bud. Ovary 0.5 x 0.3 mm. densely ciliate. Fruiting pedicels straight or slightly curved. Capsules ± 4.5 x 2 mm., irregularly pubescent, especially above, with a few large distinct black gland-spots. Aril not more than half length of seed.
Range
DISTR. T6 endemic on Uluguru Mts.
Altitude range
1900–2100 m.
Distribution
TANGANYIKA Morogoro District Uluguru Mts., Lupanga Peak., 12 Nov. 1932, Schlieben 2973! and Tanana, Matombo road, Feb. 1935, E. M. Bruce 806!
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (1954) Author: J. Lewis
Names
STAPFIELLA ulugurica Mildbr. [family TURNERACEAE], in N.B.G.B. 11: 943 (1933). Type: Tanganyika, Uluguru Mts., Lupanga Peak, Schlieben 2973 (B, holo. †, BR, iso.!, K, photo-iso.!)
Information
Branches pale brown, glabrescent, residual indumentum confined to strips. Leaves 4–9.5 x 1–2.5 cm.; margin serrate, serrations “gland”-tipped and hooked towards the leaf axis; apex subacuminate; uniformly pubescent on both surfaces, especially on the midrib towards base above and on (all) the nerves beneath; uniformly black gland-dotted when dry by transmitted light; petioles up to 1.5 cm. long, pubescent. Bracts within the panicle usually small, occasionally enlarged up to 2 cm. long and foliaceous; all axes shortly pubescent or glabrescent. Calyx-tube ± 0.25 mm. long; tubercles free apically, fringed; calyx-lobes 1.75 x 0.75 (–1) mm., shortly pubescent, distinctly gland-dotted. Petals yellow or white, ± 2 mm. long in mature bud. Ovary 0.5 x 0.3 mm. densely ciliate. Fruiting pedicels straight or slightly curved. Capsules ± 4.5 x 2 mm., irregularly pubescent, especially above, with a few large distinct black gland-spots. Aril not more than half length of seed.
Range
DISTR. T6 endemic on Uluguru Mts.
Altitude range
1900–2100 m.
Distribution
TANGANYIKA Morogoro District Uluguru Mts., Lupanga Peak., 12 Nov. 1932, Schlieben 2973! and Tanana, Matombo road, Feb. 1935, E. M. Bruce 806!
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (1954) Author: J. Lewis
Names
STAPFIELLA ulugurica Mildbr. [family TURNERACEAE], in N.B.G.B. 11: 943 (1933). Type: Tanganyika, Uluguru Mts., Lupanga Peak, Schlieben 2973 (B, holo. †, BR, iso.!, K, photo-iso.!)
Information
Branches pale brown, glabrescent, residual indumentum confined to strips. Leaves 4–9.5 x 1–2.5 cm.; margin serrate, serrations “gland”-tipped and hooked towards the leaf axis; apex subacuminate; uniformly pubescent on both surfaces, especially on the midrib towards base above and on (all) the nerves beneath; uniformly black gland-dotted when dry by transmitted light; petioles up to 1.5 cm. long, pubescent. Bracts within the panicle usually small, occasionally enlarged up to 2 cm. long and foliaceous; all axes shortly pubescent or glabrescent. Calyx-tube ± 0.25 mm. long; tubercles free apically, fringed; calyx-lobes 1.75 x 0.75 (–1) mm., shortly pubescent, distinctly gland-dotted. Petals yellow or white, ± 2 mm. long in mature bud. Ovary 0.5 x 0.3 mm. densely ciliate. Fruiting pedicels straight or slightly curved. Capsules ± 4.5 x 2 mm., irregularly pubescent, especially above, with a few large distinct black gland-spots. Aril not more than half length of seed.
Range
DISTR. T6 endemic on Uluguru Mts.
Altitude range
1900–2100 m.
Distribution
TANGANYIKA Morogoro District Uluguru Mts., Lupanga Peak., 12 Nov. 1932, Schlieben 2973! and Tanana, Matombo road, Feb. 1935, E. M. Bruce 806!
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