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KNIPHOFIA bequaertii De Wild. [family ]
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: CHRISTOPHER WHITEHOUSE
Names
KNIPHOFIA bequaertii De Wild. [family ], in Rev. Zool. Afr. 8, suppl. bot.: B17 (1920) & in Pl. Bequaert. 1: 22 (1921); Marais in K.B. 28: 475 (1973). Type: Congo (Kinshasa), Tshitirunge, Bequaert 6028 (BR, holo.)
KNIPHOFIA grantii [family ], [sensu F.P.N.A. 3: 358, fig. 16 (1955); Champl. in Fl. Rwanda 4: 54, fig. 17/2 (1988), non Baker]
Information
Perennial herb from a thick rhizome, 1.5–2.5 cm in diameter, with spreading fleshy yellow roots ± 2 mm in diameter. Leaves in a basal rosette, lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 50–140 cm long, up to 3 cm wide towards the base, sometimes the lowest ones sheathing up to 10 cm. Inflorescence 60–120 cm long; peduncle 8–18 mm in diameter; raceme very dense and compact, 5.5–9 cm long, 4–6.5 cm wide; fertile bracts lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, 5–9 mm long, 1–2 mm at the base, acute at the apex; pedicels 2–4 mm long. Flowers dark red when young, paler with age and yellow when open, the upper held ± horizontally to slightly pendent, ± straight; the perianth-tube 18–30 mm long, 1.5–2 mm wide around the ovary, barely constricted above, 3–5 mm wide at the mouth, the lobes 1–2 mm long; stamens slightly exserted for 1–2 mm; style exserted for up to 7 mm in older flowers. Capsules ovoid, 6–7 mm long, 5–6 mm wide.
Range
DISTR. U 2; T 4
Altitude range
2100–3350 m
Distribution
TANZANIA Mpanda District Mahali Mts, Wamusuku, on E face of ridge, 24 Aug. 1958, Newbould & Jefford 1762!UGANDA Kigezi District Virunga Mts, Muhavura, near Behungi [Bihungi], Jan. 1933, Eggeling 961! & near Behungi, 14 Oct. 1929, Snowden 1514! & Mt Mgahinga, 22 Oct. 1929, Snowden 1593!
Distribution (external)
; Congo (Kinshasa)
Rwanda
Burundi
Notes
Only collected in East Africa in the Virunga and Mahali Mts, flowering more or less throughout the year.Champluvier concluded that this species was not distinguishable from K. grantii by its bracts, but although there is overlap the bracts of K. bequaertii in general are much shorter and acute, not acuminate. Along with the general shape of the raceme, compactly cylindrical, the colour of the flowers, and the separation in habitat, I find that these two species can be maintained as distinct.
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: CHRISTOPHER WHITEHOUSE
Names
KNIPHOFIA bequaertii De Wild. [family ], in Rev. Zool. Afr. 8, suppl. bot.: B17 (1920) & in Pl. Bequaert. 1: 22 (1921); Marais in K.B. 28: 475 (1973). Type: Congo (Kinshasa), Tshitirunge, Bequaert 6028 (BR, holo.)
KNIPHOFIA grantii [family ], [sensu F.P.N.A. 3: 358, fig. 16 (1955); Champl. in Fl. Rwanda 4: 54, fig. 17/2 (1988), non Baker]
Information
Perennial herb from a thick rhizome, 1.5–2.5 cm in diameter, with spreading fleshy yellow roots ± 2 mm in diameter. Leaves in a basal rosette, lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 50–140 cm long, up to 3 cm wide towards the base, sometimes the lowest ones sheathing up to 10 cm. Inflorescence 60–120 cm long; peduncle 8–18 mm in diameter; raceme very dense and compact, 5.5–9 cm long, 4–6.5 cm wide; fertile bracts lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, 5–9 mm long, 1–2 mm at the base, acute at the apex; pedicels 2–4 mm long. Flowers dark red when young, paler with age and yellow when open, the upper held ± horizontally to slightly pendent, ± straight; the perianth-tube 18–30 mm long, 1.5–2 mm wide around the ovary, barely constricted above, 3–5 mm wide at the mouth, the lobes 1–2 mm long; stamens slightly exserted for 1–2 mm; style exserted for up to 7 mm in older flowers. Capsules ovoid, 6–7 mm long, 5–6 mm wide.
Range
DISTR. U 2; T 4
Altitude range
2100–3350 m
Distribution
TANZANIA Mpanda District Mahali Mts, Wamusuku, on E face of ridge, 24 Aug. 1958, Newbould & Jefford 1762!UGANDA Kigezi District Virunga Mts, Muhavura, near Behungi [Bihungi], Jan. 1933, Eggeling 961! & near Behungi, 14 Oct. 1929, Snowden 1514! & Mt Mgahinga, 22 Oct. 1929, Snowden 1593!
Distribution (external)
; Congo (Kinshasa)
Rwanda
Burundi
Notes
Only collected in East Africa in the Virunga and Mahali Mts, flowering more or less throughout the year.Champluvier concluded that this species was not distinguishable from K. grantii by its bracts, but although there is overlap the bracts of K. bequaertii in general are much shorter and acute, not acuminate. Along with the general shape of the raceme, compactly cylindrical, the colour of the flowers, and the separation in habitat, I find that these two species can be maintained as distinct.
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: CHRISTOPHER WHITEHOUSE
Names
KNIPHOFIA bequaertii De Wild. [family ], in Rev. Zool. Afr. 8, suppl. bot.: B17 (1920) & in Pl. Bequaert. 1: 22 (1921); Marais in K.B. 28: 475 (1973). Type: Congo (Kinshasa), Tshitirunge, Bequaert 6028 (BR, holo.)
KNIPHOFIA grantii [family ], [sensu F.P.N.A. 3: 358, fig. 16 (1955); Champl. in Fl. Rwanda 4: 54, fig. 17/2 (1988), non Baker]
Information
Perennial herb from a thick rhizome, 1.5–2.5 cm in diameter, with spreading fleshy yellow roots ± 2 mm in diameter. Leaves in a basal rosette, lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 50–140 cm long, up to 3 cm wide towards the base, sometimes the lowest ones sheathing up to 10 cm. Inflorescence 60–120 cm long; peduncle 8–18 mm in diameter; raceme very dense and compact, 5.5–9 cm long, 4–6.5 cm wide; fertile bracts lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, 5–9 mm long, 1–2 mm at the base, acute at the apex; pedicels 2–4 mm long. Flowers dark red when young, paler with age and yellow when open, the upper held ± horizontally to slightly pendent, ± straight; the perianth-tube 18–30 mm long, 1.5–2 mm wide around the ovary, barely constricted above, 3–5 mm wide at the mouth, the lobes 1–2 mm long; stamens slightly exserted for 1–2 mm; style exserted for up to 7 mm in older flowers. Capsules ovoid, 6–7 mm long, 5–6 mm wide.
Range
DISTR. U 2; T 4
Altitude range
2100–3350 m
Distribution
TANZANIA Mpanda District Mahali Mts, Wamusuku, on E face of ridge, 24 Aug. 1958, Newbould & Jefford 1762!UGANDA Kigezi District Virunga Mts, Muhavura, near Behungi [Bihungi], Jan. 1933, Eggeling 961! & near Behungi, 14 Oct. 1929, Snowden 1514! & Mt Mgahinga, 22 Oct. 1929, Snowden 1593!
Distribution (external)
; Congo (Kinshasa)
Rwanda
Burundi
Notes
Only collected in East Africa in the Virunga and Mahali Mts, flowering more or less throughout the year.Champluvier concluded that this species was not distinguishable from K. grantii by its bracts, but although there is overlap the bracts of K. bequaertii in general are much shorter and acute, not acuminate. Along with the general shape of the raceme, compactly cylindrical, the colour of the flowers, and the separation in habitat, I find that these two species can be maintained as distinct.
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