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PSYCHOTRIA goetzei (K. Schum.) Petit var. platyphylla [family RUBIACEAE]
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, (1976) Author: B. VERDCOURT
Names
PSYCHOTRIA goetzei (K. Schum.) Petit var. platyphylla [family RUBIACEAE], in B.J.B.B. 34: 83, photo. 2/D (1964) & in Distr. Pl. Afr. 4, map 112 (1972). Type: Tanzania, Usambara, Mashewa [Maschewa], Holst 8725 (B, syn. †, K, lecto.!)
Grumilea platyphylla K. Schum. [family RUBIACEAE], in P.O.A. C: 392 (1895), pro parte; De Wild. in B.J.B.B. 9: 43 (1923), pro parte; T.T.C.L.: 499 (1949), pro parte
Information
Shrub or small tree up to 7.5 m. tall; lateral nerves 15–26 pairs; panicles 10–25 cm. long, with glabrous or finely tomentose branches; calyx glabrous or finely tomentose. limb 0.5–1.75 mm. long; corolla 2.5–3.5 mm. long; drupes subglobose, ± 5 mm. in diameter.
Range
DISTR. T2, 3, ?6 not known elsewhere
Altitude range
950–1650 m.
Distribution
TANZANIA Lushoto District E. Usambara Mts., Uberi, 25 Nov. 1935, Greenway 4182! & W. Usambara Mts., Lushoto-Mkuzi road, 1.6 km. E. of Magamba, 3 June 1963, Drummond & Hemsley 2832!TANZANIA Tanga District Ngua Estate, W. slope of E. Usambara Mts., 19 July 1953, Drummond & Hemsley 3353!
Notes
A fairly well-defined variety distinguishable by the fine tomentose indumentum on the inflorescences. Unfortunately the name platyphylla is not available in Psychotria for use to cover this species as a whole because of a prior P. platyphylla DC.
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, (1976) Author: B. VERDCOURT
Names
PSYCHOTRIA goetzei (K. Schum.) Petit var. platyphylla [family RUBIACEAE], in B.J.B.B. 34: 83, photo. 2/D (1964) & in Distr. Pl. Afr. 4, map 112 (1972). Type: Tanzania, Usambara, Mashewa [Maschewa], Holst 8725 (B, syn. †, K, lecto.!)
Grumilea platyphylla K. Schum. [family RUBIACEAE], in P.O.A. C: 392 (1895), pro parte; De Wild. in B.J.B.B. 9: 43 (1923), pro parte; T.T.C.L.: 499 (1949), pro parte
Information
Shrub or small tree up to 7.5 m. tall; lateral nerves 15–26 pairs; panicles 10–25 cm. long, with glabrous or finely tomentose branches; calyx glabrous or finely tomentose. limb 0.5–1.75 mm. long; corolla 2.5–3.5 mm. long; drupes subglobose, ± 5 mm. in diameter.
Range
DISTR. T2, 3, ?6 not known elsewhere
Altitude range
950–1650 m.
Distribution
TANZANIA Lushoto District E. Usambara Mts., Uberi, 25 Nov. 1935, Greenway 4182! & W. Usambara Mts., Lushoto-Mkuzi road, 1.6 km. E. of Magamba, 3 June 1963, Drummond & Hemsley 2832!TANZANIA Tanga District Ngua Estate, W. slope of E. Usambara Mts., 19 July 1953, Drummond & Hemsley 3353!
Notes
A fairly well-defined variety distinguishable by the fine tomentose indumentum on the inflorescences. Unfortunately the name platyphylla is not available in Psychotria for use to cover this species as a whole because of a prior P. platyphylla DC.
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, (1976) Author: B. VERDCOURT
Names
PSYCHOTRIA goetzei (K. Schum.) Petit var. platyphylla [family RUBIACEAE], in B.J.B.B. 34: 83, photo. 2/D (1964) & in Distr. Pl. Afr. 4, map 112 (1972). Type: Tanzania, Usambara, Mashewa [Maschewa], Holst 8725 (B, syn. †, K, lecto.!)
Grumilea platyphylla K. Schum. [family RUBIACEAE], in P.O.A. C: 392 (1895), pro parte; De Wild. in B.J.B.B. 9: 43 (1923), pro parte; T.T.C.L.: 499 (1949), pro parte
Information
Shrub or small tree up to 7.5 m. tall; lateral nerves 15–26 pairs; panicles 10–25 cm. long, with glabrous or finely tomentose branches; calyx glabrous or finely tomentose. limb 0.5–1.75 mm. long; corolla 2.5–3.5 mm. long; drupes subglobose, ± 5 mm. in diameter.
Range
DISTR. T2, 3, ?6 not known elsewhere
Altitude range
950–1650 m.
Distribution
TANZANIA Lushoto District E. Usambara Mts., Uberi, 25 Nov. 1935, Greenway 4182! & W. Usambara Mts., Lushoto-Mkuzi road, 1.6 km. E. of Magamba, 3 June 1963, Drummond & Hemsley 2832!TANZANIA Tanga District Ngua Estate, W. slope of E. Usambara Mts., 19 July 1953, Drummond & Hemsley 3353!
Notes
A fairly well-defined variety distinguishable by the fine tomentose indumentum on the inflorescences. Unfortunately the name platyphylla is not available in Psychotria for use to cover this species as a whole because of a prior P. platyphylla DC.
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