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KOTSCHYA capitulifera Verdc. var. grandiflora [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
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, (1971) Author: J. B. GILLETT, R. M. POLHILL & B. VERDCOURT
Names
KOTSCHYA capitulifera Verdc. var. grandiflora [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in K.B. 24: 54 (1970). Type: Tanganyika, 57.6 km. S. of Uvinza, Bullock 3276 (K, holo.!)
Information
Rootstock stout. Stems and stipules striped with purplish lines. Midrib of leaflets brown or purplish-brown beneath. Corolla blue, large; standard 0.9–1.1 cm. long, 6 mm. wide; keel 1.2–1.3 cm. long.
Range
DISTR. T4 known only from the type gathering
Altitude range
1710 m.
Distribution
TANGANYIKA Kigoma District 57.6 km. S. of Uvinza, Bullock 3276 !
Notes
This plant has strikingly larger flowers than var. capitulifera but the general habit and calyx are very similar. I have hesitated to erect a new species on a single gathering under the circumstances.
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, (1971) Author: J. B. GILLETT, R. M. POLHILL & B. VERDCOURT
Names
KOTSCHYA capitulifera Verdc. var. grandiflora [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in K.B. 24: 54 (1970). Type: Tanganyika, 57.6 km. S. of Uvinza, Bullock 3276 (K, holo.!)
Information
Rootstock stout. Stems and stipules striped with purplish lines. Midrib of leaflets brown or purplish-brown beneath. Corolla blue, large; standard 0.9–1.1 cm. long, 6 mm. wide; keel 1.2–1.3 cm. long.
Range
DISTR. T4 known only from the type gathering
Altitude range
1710 m.
Distribution
TANGANYIKA Kigoma District 57.6 km. S. of Uvinza, Bullock 3276 !
Notes
This plant has strikingly larger flowers than var. capitulifera but the general habit and calyx are very similar. I have hesitated to erect a new species on a single gathering under the circumstances.
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, (1971) Author: J. B. GILLETT, R. M. POLHILL & B. VERDCOURT
Names
KOTSCHYA capitulifera Verdc. var. grandiflora [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in K.B. 24: 54 (1970). Type: Tanganyika, 57.6 km. S. of Uvinza, Bullock 3276 (K, holo.!)
Information
Rootstock stout. Stems and stipules striped with purplish lines. Midrib of leaflets brown or purplish-brown beneath. Corolla blue, large; standard 0.9–1.1 cm. long, 6 mm. wide; keel 1.2–1.3 cm. long.
Range
DISTR. T4 known only from the type gathering
Altitude range
1710 m.
Distribution
TANGANYIKA Kigoma District 57.6 km. S. of Uvinza, Bullock 3276 !
Notes
This plant has strikingly larger flowers than var. capitulifera but the general habit and calyx are very similar. I have hesitated to erect a new species on a single gathering under the circumstances.
![KOTSCHYA capitulifera Verdc. var. grandiflora [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]](/fsi/img/misc/plants/static_thumbs/flora_tropEA_icon96.jpg)
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