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CLADOSTEMON kirkii (Oliv.) Pax & Gilg [family CAPPARACEAE]
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, (1964) Author: J. ELFFERS, R. A. GRAHAM AND G. P. DEWOLF
Names
CLADOSTEMON kirkii (Oliv.) Pax & Gilg [family CAPPARACEAE], in P.O.A. C: 185 (1895); Gilg & Bened. in E.J. 53: 183 (1915); Gilg in V.E. 3 (1): 233 (1915); Milne-Redh. in K.B. 3: 449 (1949); T.T.C.L.: 114 (1949); Hauman & Wilczek in F.C.B. 2: 483 (1951); Wild in F.Z.I: 211, t. 33 A (1960); K.T.S.: 120 (1961); F.F.N.R.: 61 (1962). Type: Mozambique, Tete, Lupata, Kirk, sketch and analysis of the flowers (K, holo. !)
Euadenia? kirkii Oliv. [family ], in F.T.A. 1: 91 (1868)
Cladostemon paradoxus A. Br. & Vatke [family CAPPARACEAE], in Monatsb. Acad. Wiss. Berlin 1876: 866 (1877); Gilg in P.O.A. C: 185 (1895) & V.E. 3(1): 233, fig. 147 (1915). Type: Kenya, near Mombasa, Hildebrandt 1993 (BM, K, iso. !)
Cladostemon paxianus Gilg [family CAPPARACEAE], in P.O.A. C: 185 (1895). Type: Mozambique, Niassa Province, Mossuril, Cabaceira, Carvalho (B, holo. !)
Ritchiea gigantocarpa Gilg & Bened. [family CAPPARACEAE], in E.J. 53: 179 (1915). Types: Tanganyika, Lindi District, near Mayangu, Busse 2535 (B, syn., EA, isosyn. !) & Namgara R., near Namgara, Busse 2955 (BM, EA, isosyn.!)
Information
Small sparingly branched tree or a shrub, rarely a scrambler, to 10 m. tall. Leaves petiolate, 3-foliolate; leaflets shortly petiolulate, 4–11.5 cm. long, 2–4.5 cm. wide, acuminate, rounded or acute at the apex, cuneate or slightly decurrent on the petiolule; petiole 3–14 cm. long. Inflorescence pseudo-terminal or terminal, the axis sometimes apparently growing forward into a leafy shoot, which may again produce an inflorescence; pedicels 2.5–6.5 cm. long. Sepals lanceolate, 16–20 mm. long. Adaxial petals ovate, strongly clawed, up to 7 cm. long, 3 cm. wide; abaxial petals linear-oblong or linear-lanceolate, up to 5 mm. long, chartaceous or fleshy, green turning reddish. Androphore 4–10 cm. long, longer or shorter than the gynophore; fertile stamens 6–8; staminode arises adaxially at the base of the androphore, short, cylindrical, surmounted by a number of usually well-developed stamens, the whole 0.5–3 cm. or more long. Gynophore arises from the androphore below the insertion of the filaments, much thickened in fruit. Fruits large, globose, up to 10 cm. in diameter. Fig. 12.
Range
DISTR. K?1, 7; T3, 6, 8
Altitude range
0–800 m.
Distribution
KENYA Kilifi District Vipingo, 33.5 km. N. of Mombasa, 29 Dec. 1945, Bally 4694 ! & 5 Apr. 1953, Bally 8842 !TANGANYIKA Tanga District Mtotohovu, Moa Estates, Jan. 1950, Greenway in H.A. 10028 !;TANGANYIKA Uzaramo District 9.5 km. on road from Dar es Salaam to Bagamoyo, 29 Nov. 1938, Vaughan 2525 !;TANGANYIKA Lindi District Rondo Plateau, Mchinjiri, 1 Oct. 1951, Bryce 17 !
Distribution (external)
Mozambique
Natal
Nyasaland
Northern
Southern Rhodesia
Katanga Province of the Congo Republic
Notes
Cladostemon seems to be very close to Euadenia. These two genera would repay cytotaxonomic investigation. A knowledge of the ecology of Cladostemon in the area around Lake Mweru, Northern Rhodesia, would also be valuable.
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, (1964) Author: J. ELFFERS, R. A. GRAHAM AND G. P. DEWOLF
Names
CLADOSTEMON kirkii (Oliv.) Pax & Gilg [family CAPPARACEAE], in P.O.A. C: 185 (1895); Gilg & Bened. in E.J. 53: 183 (1915); Gilg in V.E. 3 (1): 233 (1915); Milne-Redh. in K.B. 3: 449 (1949); T.T.C.L.: 114 (1949); Hauman & Wilczek in F.C.B. 2: 483 (1951); Wild in F.Z.I: 211, t. 33 A (1960); K.T.S.: 120 (1961); F.F.N.R.: 61 (1962). Type: Mozambique, Tete, Lupata, Kirk, sketch and analysis of the flowers (K, holo. !)
Euadenia? kirkii Oliv. [family ], in F.T.A. 1: 91 (1868)
Cladostemon paradoxus A. Br. & Vatke [family CAPPARACEAE], in Monatsb. Acad. Wiss. Berlin 1876: 866 (1877); Gilg in P.O.A. C: 185 (1895) & V.E. 3(1): 233, fig. 147 (1915). Type: Kenya, near Mombasa, Hildebrandt 1993 (BM, K, iso. !)
Cladostemon paxianus Gilg [family CAPPARACEAE], in P.O.A. C: 185 (1895). Type: Mozambique, Niassa Province, Mossuril, Cabaceira, Carvalho (B, holo. !)
Ritchiea gigantocarpa Gilg & Bened. [family CAPPARACEAE], in E.J. 53: 179 (1915). Types: Tanganyika, Lindi District, near Mayangu, Busse 2535 (B, syn., EA, isosyn. !) & Namgara R., near Namgara, Busse 2955 (BM, EA, isosyn.!)
Information
Small sparingly branched tree or a shrub, rarely a scrambler, to 10 m. tall. Leaves petiolate, 3-foliolate; leaflets shortly petiolulate, 4–11.5 cm. long, 2–4.5 cm. wide, acuminate, rounded or acute at the apex, cuneate or slightly decurrent on the petiolule; petiole 3–14 cm. long. Inflorescence pseudo-terminal or terminal, the axis sometimes apparently growing forward into a leafy shoot, which may again produce an inflorescence; pedicels 2.5–6.5 cm. long. Sepals lanceolate, 16–20 mm. long. Adaxial petals ovate, strongly clawed, up to 7 cm. long, 3 cm. wide; abaxial petals linear-oblong or linear-lanceolate, up to 5 mm. long, chartaceous or fleshy, green turning reddish. Androphore 4–10 cm. long, longer or shorter than the gynophore; fertile stamens 6–8; staminode arises adaxially at the base of the androphore, short, cylindrical, surmounted by a number of usually well-developed stamens, the whole 0.5–3 cm. or more long. Gynophore arises from the androphore below the insertion of the filaments, much thickened in fruit. Fruits large, globose, up to 10 cm. in diameter. Fig. 12.
Range
DISTR. K?1, 7; T3, 6, 8
Altitude range
0–800 m.
Distribution
KENYA Kilifi District Vipingo, 33.5 km. N. of Mombasa, 29 Dec. 1945, Bally 4694 ! & 5 Apr. 1953, Bally 8842 !TANGANYIKA Tanga District Mtotohovu, Moa Estates, Jan. 1950, Greenway in H.A. 10028 !;TANGANYIKA Uzaramo District 9.5 km. on road from Dar es Salaam to Bagamoyo, 29 Nov. 1938, Vaughan 2525 !;TANGANYIKA Lindi District Rondo Plateau, Mchinjiri, 1 Oct. 1951, Bryce 17 !
Distribution (external)
Mozambique
Natal
Nyasaland
Northern
Southern Rhodesia
Katanga Province of the Congo Republic
Notes
Cladostemon seems to be very close to Euadenia. These two genera would repay cytotaxonomic investigation. A knowledge of the ecology of Cladostemon in the area around Lake Mweru, Northern Rhodesia, would also be valuable.
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, (1964) Author: J. ELFFERS, R. A. GRAHAM AND G. P. DEWOLF
Names
CLADOSTEMON kirkii (Oliv.) Pax & Gilg [family CAPPARACEAE], in P.O.A. C: 185 (1895); Gilg & Bened. in E.J. 53: 183 (1915); Gilg in V.E. 3 (1): 233 (1915); Milne-Redh. in K.B. 3: 449 (1949); T.T.C.L.: 114 (1949); Hauman & Wilczek in F.C.B. 2: 483 (1951); Wild in F.Z.I: 211, t. 33 A (1960); K.T.S.: 120 (1961); F.F.N.R.: 61 (1962). Type: Mozambique, Tete, Lupata, Kirk, sketch and analysis of the flowers (K, holo. !)
Euadenia? kirkii Oliv. [family ], in F.T.A. 1: 91 (1868)
Cladostemon paradoxus A. Br. & Vatke [family CAPPARACEAE], in Monatsb. Acad. Wiss. Berlin 1876: 866 (1877); Gilg in P.O.A. C: 185 (1895) & V.E. 3(1): 233, fig. 147 (1915). Type: Kenya, near Mombasa, Hildebrandt 1993 (BM, K, iso. !)
Cladostemon paxianus Gilg [family CAPPARACEAE], in P.O.A. C: 185 (1895). Type: Mozambique, Niassa Province, Mossuril, Cabaceira, Carvalho (B, holo. !)
Ritchiea gigantocarpa Gilg & Bened. [family CAPPARACEAE], in E.J. 53: 179 (1915). Types: Tanganyika, Lindi District, near Mayangu, Busse 2535 (B, syn., EA, isosyn. !) & Namgara R., near Namgara, Busse 2955 (BM, EA, isosyn.!)
Information
Small sparingly branched tree or a shrub, rarely a scrambler, to 10 m. tall. Leaves petiolate, 3-foliolate; leaflets shortly petiolulate, 4–11.5 cm. long, 2–4.5 cm. wide, acuminate, rounded or acute at the apex, cuneate or slightly decurrent on the petiolule; petiole 3–14 cm. long. Inflorescence pseudo-terminal or terminal, the axis sometimes apparently growing forward into a leafy shoot, which may again produce an inflorescence; pedicels 2.5–6.5 cm. long. Sepals lanceolate, 16–20 mm. long. Adaxial petals ovate, strongly clawed, up to 7 cm. long, 3 cm. wide; abaxial petals linear-oblong or linear-lanceolate, up to 5 mm. long, chartaceous or fleshy, green turning reddish. Androphore 4–10 cm. long, longer or shorter than the gynophore; fertile stamens 6–8; staminode arises adaxially at the base of the androphore, short, cylindrical, surmounted by a number of usually well-developed stamens, the whole 0.5–3 cm. or more long. Gynophore arises from the androphore below the insertion of the filaments, much thickened in fruit. Fruits large, globose, up to 10 cm. in diameter. Fig. 12.
Range
DISTR. K?1, 7; T3, 6, 8
Altitude range
0–800 m.
Distribution
KENYA Kilifi District Vipingo, 33.5 km. N. of Mombasa, 29 Dec. 1945, Bally 4694 ! & 5 Apr. 1953, Bally 8842 !TANGANYIKA Tanga District Mtotohovu, Moa Estates, Jan. 1950, Greenway in H.A. 10028 !;TANGANYIKA Uzaramo District 9.5 km. on road from Dar es Salaam to Bagamoyo, 29 Nov. 1938, Vaughan 2525 !;TANGANYIKA Lindi District Rondo Plateau, Mchinjiri, 1 Oct. 1951, Bryce 17 !
Distribution (external)
Mozambique
Natal
Nyasaland
Northern
Southern Rhodesia
Katanga Province of the Congo Republic
Notes
Cladostemon seems to be very close to Euadenia. These two genera would repay cytotaxonomic investigation. A knowledge of the ecology of Cladostemon in the area around Lake Mweru, Northern Rhodesia, would also be valuable.
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