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XYLOTHECA tettensis (Warb.) Sleumer var. fissistyla [family FLACOURTIACEAE]

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, (1975) Author: H. Sleumer (Rijksherbarium, Leiden)
Names
XYLOTHECA tettensis (Warb.) Sleumer var. fissistyla [family FLACOURTIACEAE], ,stat. nov. Type: Tanzania, Bagamoyo, Stuhlmann 125 (B, holo. †, K, iso. !) Oncoba fissistyla Warb. [family FLACOURTIACEAE], in P.O.A. C: 277 (1895) Xylotheca fissistyla (Warb.) Gilg [family FLACOURTIACEAE], in E.J. 40: 455 (1908); T.T.C.L.: 236 (1949) Xylotheca holtzii Gilg [family FLACOURTIACEAE], in E.J. 40: 456 (1908); T.T.C.L.: 236 (1949). Type: Tanzania, Uzaramo District, Mogo Forest [Sachsenwald], Holtz 380 (B, holo. †) Xylotheca sulcata Gilg [family FLACOURTIACEAE], in E.J. 40: 456 (1908); T.T.C.L.: 237 (1949). Type: Tanzania, Uzaramo District, Vikindu, Stuhlmann 6137 (B, holo. †)
Information
Leaf-blades 5–9(–11) cm. long, 2–5(–6) cm. broad, glabrous, i.e. like those of var. kirkii. Ovary pubescent, deeply 10-sulcate; stigmata 7, ± 3 mm. Fruit narrowly ovoid, ± 4 cm. long, 1.7–2 cm. across, pubescent, deeply 10-sulcate, the ribs distinctly crenately incised.
Range
DISTR. T6 not known elsewhere
Altitude range
0–200 m.
Distribution
TANZANIA Bagamoyo, Dec. 1915, Peter 14735a!TANZANIA Uzaramo District Dar es Salaam, 16 km. along Bagamoyo road, Apr. 1933, B. D. Burtt 4467 ! & Pugu Hills near Kisarawe, Oct. 1968, Harris & Walker 2504 !
XYLOTHECA tettensis (Warb.) Sleumer var. fissistyla [family FLACOURTIACEAE]
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