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Ochna kirkii Verdc. subsp. multisetosa [family OCHNACEAE]

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, (2005) Author: B. Verdcourt, B.Sc., Ph.D.
Names
Ochna kirkii Verdc. subsp. multisetosa [family OCHNACEAE], subsp. nov. a subsp. kirkii foliis majoribus, 5–21 cm longis, 2.5–7 cm latis, tenuioribus, plerumque apice acutis vel acuminatis, basi cuneatis, margine valde setosis, venulis ultimis parallelis valde prominentibus differt. Typus: Tanzania, Lushoto District: East Usambaras, 2.4 km N of Mpandeni [Pandeni] on track to Longusa, Drummond & Hemsley 3481 (K!, holo. & iso.) Ochna thomasiana [family OCHNACEAE], sensu Engl. & Gilg in E.J. 33: 245 (1903) pro parte, non Engl. & Gilg sensu stricto Ochna sp. [family OCHNACEAE], ; T.T.C.L.: 284 (1949) adnot. quoad Greenway 4639 & 4688 Ochna sp. [family OCHNACEAE], ; K.T.S.: 341 adnot. (1961)
Information
Leaves larger, 5–21 cm long, 2.5–7 cm wide, thinner when adult, mostly acute or acuminate at the apex, cuneate at the base, with very evident close setae at margins; reticulation of ultimate parallel veinlets very evident.
Range
DISTR. K 7; T 3, 6; P not known elsewhere
Altitude range
100–600 m
Distribution
KENYA Kwale District 24 km SW of Kwale, Mwasangombe Forest, 27 Aug. 1953, Drummond & Hemsley 4013!;KENYA Lamu District Mambosasa, Utwani Forest Reserve, 18 Oct. 1957, Greenway & Rawlins 9367! & Dec. 1956, Rawlins 222!TANZANIA Lushoto District Sigi Gorge, 25 Aug. 1942, Greenway 6623!;TANZANIA Uzaramo District Pugu Forest Reserve, June 1954, Semsei 1728! & Pugu Hills, above St. Andrews, Thinaki, 5 Aug. 1969, Batty 584!TANZANIA Pemba , Vitongoje, 4 Aug. 1929, Vaughan 432 (fide EA)
Notes
Semsei 3348 (Tanzania, Kilosa, 25 Oct. 1961) said to be a small tree 4.5 m tall has the setiform marginal teeth much less pronounced and is doubtfully included here. It could be a form of O. macrocalyx or possibly a hybrid but no hybrids have been reported for the genus. Kirk 132, Dar es Salaam, 1 Nov. 1869, seems to lack the marginal teeth and has been determined as O. kirkii by Robson.
Ochna kirkii Verdc. subsp. multisetosa [family OCHNACEAE]
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