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GALIUM bussei Brenan var. glabrum [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
GALIUM bussei Brenan var. glabrum [family RUBIACEAE], in Mem. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 8: 456(1954). Type: Tanzania, Mbulu District, Ufiome Mt., B. D. Burtt 2728 (K, holo.!, EA, iso.!)
Information
Stems and leaves glabrous. Inflorescences dense and many-flowered.
Range
DISTR. T2–4, 7, 8
Altitude range
1500–2550 m.
Distribution
TANZANIA Mbulu District Kitingi, 1 Mar. 1965, Hukui 21!TANZANIA W. Usambara Mts., escarpment near Gologolo–Mkumbara footpath, 4 June 1953, Drummond & Hemsley 2871!TANZANIA Iringa District Dabaga Highlands, Kilolo, 9 Feb. 1962, Polhill & Paulo 1397!
Distribution (external)
Mozambique
Malawi
Zambia
Rhodesia
Notes
In T2 this merges with G. ossirwaense K. Krause var. glabrum to such an extent that specimens are difficult to name. It is possible all the material should be referred to G. bussei.
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
GALIUM bussei Brenan var. glabrum [family RUBIACEAE], in Mem. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 8: 456(1954). Type: Tanzania, Mbulu District, Ufiome Mt., B. D. Burtt 2728 (K, holo.!, EA, iso.!)
Information
Stems and leaves glabrous. Inflorescences dense and many-flowered.
Range
DISTR. T2–4, 7, 8
Altitude range
1500–2550 m.
Distribution
TANZANIA Mbulu District Kitingi, 1 Mar. 1965, Hukui 21!TANZANIA W. Usambara Mts., escarpment near Gologolo–Mkumbara footpath, 4 June 1953, Drummond & Hemsley 2871!TANZANIA Iringa District Dabaga Highlands, Kilolo, 9 Feb. 1962, Polhill & Paulo 1397!
Distribution (external)
Mozambique
Malawi
Zambia
Rhodesia
Notes
In T2 this merges with G. ossirwaense K. Krause var. glabrum to such an extent that specimens are difficult to name. It is possible all the material should be referred to G. bussei.
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
GALIUM bussei Brenan var. glabrum [family RUBIACEAE], in Mem. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 8: 456(1954). Type: Tanzania, Mbulu District, Ufiome Mt., B. D. Burtt 2728 (K, holo.!, EA, iso.!)
Information
Stems and leaves glabrous. Inflorescences dense and many-flowered.
Range
DISTR. T2–4, 7, 8
Altitude range
1500–2550 m.
Distribution
TANZANIA Mbulu District Kitingi, 1 Mar. 1965, Hukui 21!TANZANIA W. Usambara Mts., escarpment near Gologolo–Mkumbara footpath, 4 June 1953, Drummond & Hemsley 2871!TANZANIA Iringa District Dabaga Highlands, Kilolo, 9 Feb. 1962, Polhill & Paulo 1397!
Distribution (external)
Mozambique
Malawi
Zambia
Rhodesia
Notes
In T2 this merges with G. ossirwaense K. Krause var. glabrum to such an extent that specimens are difficult to name. It is possible all the material should be referred to G. bussei.
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