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CALYPTROTHECA taitensis (Pax & Vatke) Brenan [family PORTULACACEAE]
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, (2002) Author: SYLVIA M. PHILLIPS
Names
CALYPTROTHECA taitensis (Pax & Vatke) Brenan [family PORTULACACEAE], in K.B. 1949: 74 (1949) & T.T.C.L.: 459 (1949); K.T.S.: 385 (1961); M.G. Gilbert in Fl. Somalia 1: 121 (1993); K.T.S.L.: 88, fig., map (1994). Type: Kenya, Teita District, Mbololo [Ndi] Mt, Feb. 1877, Hildebrandt 2577 (K!, iso.)
Talinum taitense Pax & Vatke [family PORTULACACEAE], in E.J. 17: 585 (1893); Poelln. in F.R. 35: 10 (1934) & 48: 194 (1940); F.D.-O.A.: 265 (1938)
Calyptrotheca stuhlmannii Gilg [family PORTULACACEAE], in E.J. 33: 230 (1903). Type: Tanzania, Dodoma/Mpwapwa District, Ugogo area, near Messwejo, Stuhlmann 337 (B, holo., K!, photo.)
Information
Many-stemmed, rather scandent shrub to 4 m, sometimes developing a short bole; stems virgate, bark reddish-grey, finally flaking. Leaves variable, elliptic or obovate to oblanceolate-oblong, 3–13.5 cm long, 1.5–4.5 cm wide, rounded, margins slightly to very undulate, base narrowed to a petiole 5–10 mm long. Flowering towards the tips of the young growth, inflorescences terminal or from the upper leaf axils, conical, composed of cymose clusters along a short axis up to 6 cm long; pedicels 4–5 mm long. Sepals 3–5 mm long; petals 5(–11), subequal, yellow or yellowish-green, ovate, 5–8 mm long; stamens many, about as long as the petals, filaments yellow; style equalling the stamens, not exserted from the flower; stigma peltate, lobed, 0.8–1.2 mm wide. Capsule golden-brown, 5–7 mm high, 6-valved; seeds globose-cordate, 3.5–4.5 mm long. Fig. 6/1–4 (p. 35).
Range
DISTR. K 1, 4, 7; T 3, 5–7
Altitude range
30–1000 m
Distribution
KENYA Northern Frontier District Garissa, point NE of Dadaab, 0°8' N 40°22' E, 28 Nov. 1978, Brenan, Gillett & Kanuri 14790!;KENYA Machakos District 237 km from Mombasa on Nairobi road, 15 Apr. 1960, Verdcourt & Polhill 2693!KENYA Tana River District Minjila Hill, 2°19' S 40°6' E, 14 Feb. 1992, Robertson 6600!TANZANIA Pare District Kisiwani, 2 Feb. 1936, Greenway 4578!;TANZANIA Mpwapwa District Gulwe, 26 Apr. 1932, Burtt 3937!;TANZANIA Iringa District Kimirimatonge Hill, 21 Apr. 1970, Greenway & Kanuri 14403!
Distribution (external)
; Somalia
Notes
Collections from central Tanzania (T5–7) have much longer leaves (8–13.5 cm) than more northern material, with less obviously crinkly margins. The flowers are also axillary along long lengths of stem, rather than predominantly terminal on the branches.
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, (2002) Author: SYLVIA M. PHILLIPS
Names
CALYPTROTHECA taitensis (Pax & Vatke) Brenan [family PORTULACACEAE], in K.B. 1949: 74 (1949) & T.T.C.L.: 459 (1949); K.T.S.: 385 (1961); M.G. Gilbert in Fl. Somalia 1: 121 (1993); K.T.S.L.: 88, fig., map (1994). Type: Kenya, Teita District, Mbololo [Ndi] Mt, Feb. 1877, Hildebrandt 2577 (K!, iso.)
Talinum taitense Pax & Vatke [family PORTULACACEAE], in E.J. 17: 585 (1893); Poelln. in F.R. 35: 10 (1934) & 48: 194 (1940); F.D.-O.A.: 265 (1938)
Calyptrotheca stuhlmannii Gilg [family PORTULACACEAE], in E.J. 33: 230 (1903). Type: Tanzania, Dodoma/Mpwapwa District, Ugogo area, near Messwejo, Stuhlmann 337 (B, holo., K!, photo.)
Information
Many-stemmed, rather scandent shrub to 4 m, sometimes developing a short bole; stems virgate, bark reddish-grey, finally flaking. Leaves variable, elliptic or obovate to oblanceolate-oblong, 3–13.5 cm long, 1.5–4.5 cm wide, rounded, margins slightly to very undulate, base narrowed to a petiole 5–10 mm long. Flowering towards the tips of the young growth, inflorescences terminal or from the upper leaf axils, conical, composed of cymose clusters along a short axis up to 6 cm long; pedicels 4–5 mm long. Sepals 3–5 mm long; petals 5(–11), subequal, yellow or yellowish-green, ovate, 5–8 mm long; stamens many, about as long as the petals, filaments yellow; style equalling the stamens, not exserted from the flower; stigma peltate, lobed, 0.8–1.2 mm wide. Capsule golden-brown, 5–7 mm high, 6-valved; seeds globose-cordate, 3.5–4.5 mm long. Fig. 6/1–4 (p. 35).
Range
DISTR. K 1, 4, 7; T 3, 5–7
Altitude range
30–1000 m
Distribution
KENYA Northern Frontier District Garissa, point NE of Dadaab, 0°8' N 40°22' E, 28 Nov. 1978, Brenan, Gillett & Kanuri 14790!;KENYA Machakos District 237 km from Mombasa on Nairobi road, 15 Apr. 1960, Verdcourt & Polhill 2693!KENYA Tana River District Minjila Hill, 2°19' S 40°6' E, 14 Feb. 1992, Robertson 6600!TANZANIA Pare District Kisiwani, 2 Feb. 1936, Greenway 4578!;TANZANIA Mpwapwa District Gulwe, 26 Apr. 1932, Burtt 3937!;TANZANIA Iringa District Kimirimatonge Hill, 21 Apr. 1970, Greenway & Kanuri 14403!
Distribution (external)
; Somalia
Notes
Collections from central Tanzania (T5–7) have much longer leaves (8–13.5 cm) than more northern material, with less obviously crinkly margins. The flowers are also axillary along long lengths of stem, rather than predominantly terminal on the branches.
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, (2002) Author: SYLVIA M. PHILLIPS
Names
CALYPTROTHECA taitensis (Pax & Vatke) Brenan [family PORTULACACEAE], in K.B. 1949: 74 (1949) & T.T.C.L.: 459 (1949); K.T.S.: 385 (1961); M.G. Gilbert in Fl. Somalia 1: 121 (1993); K.T.S.L.: 88, fig., map (1994). Type: Kenya, Teita District, Mbololo [Ndi] Mt, Feb. 1877, Hildebrandt 2577 (K!, iso.)
Talinum taitense Pax & Vatke [family PORTULACACEAE], in E.J. 17: 585 (1893); Poelln. in F.R. 35: 10 (1934) & 48: 194 (1940); F.D.-O.A.: 265 (1938)
Calyptrotheca stuhlmannii Gilg [family PORTULACACEAE], in E.J. 33: 230 (1903). Type: Tanzania, Dodoma/Mpwapwa District, Ugogo area, near Messwejo, Stuhlmann 337 (B, holo., K!, photo.)
Information
Many-stemmed, rather scandent shrub to 4 m, sometimes developing a short bole; stems virgate, bark reddish-grey, finally flaking. Leaves variable, elliptic or obovate to oblanceolate-oblong, 3–13.5 cm long, 1.5–4.5 cm wide, rounded, margins slightly to very undulate, base narrowed to a petiole 5–10 mm long. Flowering towards the tips of the young growth, inflorescences terminal or from the upper leaf axils, conical, composed of cymose clusters along a short axis up to 6 cm long; pedicels 4–5 mm long. Sepals 3–5 mm long; petals 5(–11), subequal, yellow or yellowish-green, ovate, 5–8 mm long; stamens many, about as long as the petals, filaments yellow; style equalling the stamens, not exserted from the flower; stigma peltate, lobed, 0.8–1.2 mm wide. Capsule golden-brown, 5–7 mm high, 6-valved; seeds globose-cordate, 3.5–4.5 mm long. Fig. 6/1–4 (p. 35).
Range
DISTR. K 1, 4, 7; T 3, 5–7
Altitude range
30–1000 m
Distribution
KENYA Northern Frontier District Garissa, point NE of Dadaab, 0°8' N 40°22' E, 28 Nov. 1978, Brenan, Gillett & Kanuri 14790!;KENYA Machakos District 237 km from Mombasa on Nairobi road, 15 Apr. 1960, Verdcourt & Polhill 2693!KENYA Tana River District Minjila Hill, 2°19' S 40°6' E, 14 Feb. 1992, Robertson 6600!TANZANIA Pare District Kisiwani, 2 Feb. 1936, Greenway 4578!;TANZANIA Mpwapwa District Gulwe, 26 Apr. 1932, Burtt 3937!;TANZANIA Iringa District Kimirimatonge Hill, 21 Apr. 1970, Greenway & Kanuri 14403!
Distribution (external)
; Somalia
Notes
Collections from central Tanzania (T5–7) have much longer leaves (8–13.5 cm) than more northern material, with less obviously crinkly margins. The flowers are also axillary along long lengths of stem, rather than predominantly terminal on the branches.
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