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Ochna leucophloeos Verdc. subsp. ugandensis [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 leucophloeos Verdc. subsp. ugandensis [family OCHNACEAE], subsp. nov. a subspecie typica foliis ellipticis 4–7.5 cm longis, 2.3–4 cm latis basi rotundatis vel leviter subcordatis differt. Typus: Uganda, Acholi District: Adilang, Greenway & Hummel 7338 (K!, holo., EA, iso.)
Ochna ovata [family OCHNACEAE], sensu I.T.U. ed. 2: 280 (1952) pro parte, non F. Hoffm.
Information
Shrub to 3.6 m. Leaves elliptic, 4–7.5 cm long, 2.3–4 cm wide, rounded to slightly subcordate at the base.
Range
DISTR. U 1 not known elsewhere
Altitude range
± 900 m
Distribution
UGANDA Acholi District Mt Madi, Mar. 1935, Eggeling 1740 in F.D. 1615! & Adilang, 11 Apr. 1945, Greenway & Hummel 7338!
Notes
Robson thought that the Uganda material was a sp. aff. O. leucophloeos and both sheets have been annotated as that species by Wadhwa. Further material is needed to assess its status.
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 leucophloeos Verdc. subsp. ugandensis [family OCHNACEAE], subsp. nov. a subspecie typica foliis ellipticis 4–7.5 cm longis, 2.3–4 cm latis basi rotundatis vel leviter subcordatis differt. Typus: Uganda, Acholi District: Adilang, Greenway & Hummel 7338 (K!, holo., EA, iso.)
Ochna ovata [family OCHNACEAE], sensu I.T.U. ed. 2: 280 (1952) pro parte, non F. Hoffm.
Information
Shrub to 3.6 m. Leaves elliptic, 4–7.5 cm long, 2.3–4 cm wide, rounded to slightly subcordate at the base.
Range
DISTR. U 1 not known elsewhere
Altitude range
± 900 m
Distribution
UGANDA Acholi District Mt Madi, Mar. 1935, Eggeling 1740 in F.D. 1615! & Adilang, 11 Apr. 1945, Greenway & Hummel 7338!
Notes
Robson thought that the Uganda material was a sp. aff. O. leucophloeos and both sheets have been annotated as that species by Wadhwa. Further material is needed to assess its status.
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 leucophloeos Verdc. subsp. ugandensis [family OCHNACEAE], subsp. nov. a subspecie typica foliis ellipticis 4–7.5 cm longis, 2.3–4 cm latis basi rotundatis vel leviter subcordatis differt. Typus: Uganda, Acholi District: Adilang, Greenway & Hummel 7338 (K!, holo., EA, iso.)
Ochna ovata [family OCHNACEAE], sensu I.T.U. ed. 2: 280 (1952) pro parte, non F. Hoffm.
Information
Shrub to 3.6 m. Leaves elliptic, 4–7.5 cm long, 2.3–4 cm wide, rounded to slightly subcordate at the base.
Range
DISTR. U 1 not known elsewhere
Altitude range
± 900 m
Distribution
UGANDA Acholi District Mt Madi, Mar. 1935, Eggeling 1740 in F.D. 1615! & Adilang, 11 Apr. 1945, Greenway & Hummel 7338!
Notes
Robson thought that the Uganda material was a sp. aff. O. leucophloeos and both sheets have been annotated as that species by Wadhwa. Further material is needed to assess its status.
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