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Halleria lucida L. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE]

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, (2008) Author: S.A. GHAZANFAR, F.N. HEPPER & D. PHILCOX
Names
Halleria lucida L. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], Sp. Pl.: 625 (1753); A. Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 116 (1851); Sims in Bot. Mag.: t. 1744 (1815); Benth. in Hook., Comp. Bot. Mag. 2: 54 (1854) & in DC., Prodr. 10: 301 (1846); Engl., E.J. 30: 401 (1901); Hiern in Dyer, Fl. Cap. 4(2): 207 (1904); Skan in F.T.A. 4(2): 295 (1906); K.T.S.: 530 (1961); F.F.N.R.: 377 (1962); Cufodontis in B.J.B.B. 33: Suppl. 892 (1963); Philcox in F.Z. 8(2): 16 (1990); U.K.W.F.: 255 (1994); K.T.S.L.: 589, illustr.: (1994); Wood, Handb. Fl. Yemen: 262 (1997); Collenette, Wildflow. Saudi Arabia: 674 (1999); Fischer, F.A.C. Scrophulariaceae: 21, pl. 5 (1999) & in Fl. Ethiop. & Eritr. 5: 255 (2006). Type: “Aethiopia” (= South Africa), Burmann, Pl. Afr. Dec.: 244, t. 89, f. 2. (Herman, Cat. Pl. Afr.: 17) Halleria lucida L. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], Sp. Pl.: 625 (1753) var. a. Type: “Aethiopia”, Burmann, Pl. Afr. Dec.: 243, t. 89, f. 1. Halleria abyssinica Jaub. & Spach [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], Illustr. Pl. Orient. 5: 65, 66, t. 459 & 460 (1855); Engl., Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr.: 377 (1892); P.O.A. C.: 356 (1895). Type: Ethiopia, Schimper 858 (K!, P!, syn.) Halleria elliptica Thunb. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], in Nov. Act. Upsal. 6: 39 (1879); P.O.A. C.: 356 (1895); Skan in F.T.A. 4(2): 296 (1906). Type: as for H. lucida var. a
Information
Shrub or small tree, 2–5 m, rarely up to 10 m, well-branched with drooping habit, bark grey. Leaves ± coriaceous, ovate, 4–9 cm long, 2–5 cm wide, base rounded to shortly cuneate, apex acuminate, margins serrate to irregularly serrulate to almost entire, usually entire in the apical part, glabrous, minutely glandular-punctate beneath; petiole 4–10 mm long. Flowers pendulous, usually 2–4 in leaf axils, many more aggregated on leafless stems. Pedicel 10–11 mm; bracteoles lanceolate, ± 2 mm, inserted below the middle of the pedicel. Calyx cup-shaped, lobes 4–5 mm, rounded at apex, spreading. Corolla tube orange-red, curved, 2–2.5(–3.5) cm, lobes rounded, 2 mm, obliquely zygomorphic. Stamens exserted ± 8 mm beyond the corolla lobes; style exserted. Fruit a berry, purple-black when ripe, ovoid, 1.5–2x0.7–1.5 cm, cupped by the calyx and often topped by the style. Seeds ellipsoid, somewhat plano-convex; testa thin, punctate, with a narrow marginal wing. Fig. 8.
Range
DISTR. U 1, 3; K 1, 3–6; T 2–7 extending from Ethiopia to South Africa (Table Mountain) and to Angola; SW Arabia
Altitude range
900–2700 m
Distribution
KENYA Northern Frontier District Mt Nyiru, July 1960, Kerfoot 1975!KENYA Meru District Nyambeni Hills, Oct. 1960, Verdcourt & Polhill 2968!KENYA Narok District Olokurto to Olenguerone, May 1961, Glover, Gwynne & Samuel 1139!TANZANIA Arusha District Mt Meru, Dec. 1966, Mrs Richards 21713!TANZANIA Lushoto District Western Shagai forest, May 1953, Drummond & Hemsley 2566!TANZANIA Handeni District Maunga valley above Mzinga, Sept. 1970, Harris, Pocs & Csontos 5160!UGANDA Acholi District Agoro, Nov. 1954, A.S. Thomas 4376!UGANDA Karamoja District Illipath, Kadam, Jan. 1957, Philip 814!UGANDA Mbale District Sipi to Suam River, NW Elgon, Oct. 1939, Dale 56!
Notes
USES. None recorded on specimens from our area. CONSERVATION Least Concern (LC)

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, (2008) Author: S.A. GHAZANFAR, F.N. HEPPER & D. PHILCOX
Names
Halleria lucida L. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], Sp. Pl.: 625 (1753); A. Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 116 (1851); Sims in Bot. Mag.: t. 1744 (1815); Benth. in Hook., Comp. Bot. Mag. 2: 54 (1854) & in DC., Prodr. 10: 301 (1846); Engl., E.J. 30: 401 (1901); Hiern in Dyer, Fl. Cap. 4(2): 207 (1904); Skan in F.T.A. 4(2): 295 (1906); K.T.S.: 530 (1961); F.F.N.R.: 377 (1962); Cufodontis in B.J.B.B. 33: Suppl. 892 (1963); Philcox in F.Z. 8(2): 16 (1990); U.K.W.F.: 255 (1994); K.T.S.L.: 589, illustr.: (1994); Wood, Handb. Fl. Yemen: 262 (1997); Collenette, Wildflow. Saudi Arabia: 674 (1999); Fischer, F.A.C. Scrophulariaceae: 21, pl. 5 (1999) & in Fl. Ethiop. & Eritr. 5: 255 (2006). Type: “Aethiopia” (= South Africa), Burmann, Pl. Afr. Dec.: 244, t. 89, f. 2. (Herman, Cat. Pl. Afr.: 17) Halleria lucida L. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], Sp. Pl.: 625 (1753) var. a. Type: “Aethiopia”, Burmann, Pl. Afr. Dec.: 243, t. 89, f. 1. Halleria abyssinica Jaub. & Spach [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], Illustr. Pl. Orient. 5: 65, 66, t. 459 & 460 (1855); Engl., Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr.: 377 (1892); P.O.A. C.: 356 (1895). Type: Ethiopia, Schimper 858 (K!, P!, syn.) Halleria elliptica Thunb. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], in Nov. Act. Upsal. 6: 39 (1879); P.O.A. C.: 356 (1895); Skan in F.T.A. 4(2): 296 (1906). Type: as for H. lucida var. a
Information
Shrub or small tree, 2–5 m, rarely up to 10 m, well-branched with drooping habit, bark grey. Leaves ± coriaceous, ovate, 4–9 cm long, 2–5 cm wide, base rounded to shortly cuneate, apex acuminate, margins serrate to irregularly serrulate to almost entire, usually entire in the apical part, glabrous, minutely glandular-punctate beneath; petiole 4–10 mm long. Flowers pendulous, usually 2–4 in leaf axils, many more aggregated on leafless stems. Pedicel 10–11 mm; bracteoles lanceolate, ± 2 mm, inserted below the middle of the pedicel. Calyx cup-shaped, lobes 4–5 mm, rounded at apex, spreading. Corolla tube orange-red, curved, 2–2.5(–3.5) cm, lobes rounded, 2 mm, obliquely zygomorphic. Stamens exserted ± 8 mm beyond the corolla lobes; style exserted. Fruit a berry, purple-black when ripe, ovoid, 1.5–2x0.7–1.5 cm, cupped by the calyx and often topped by the style. Seeds ellipsoid, somewhat plano-convex; testa thin, punctate, with a narrow marginal wing. Fig. 8.
Range
DISTR. U 1, 3; K 1, 3–6; T 2–7 extending from Ethiopia to South Africa (Table Mountain) and to Angola; SW Arabia
Altitude range
900–2700 m
Distribution
KENYA Northern Frontier District Mt Nyiru, July 1960, Kerfoot 1975!KENYA Meru District Nyambeni Hills, Oct. 1960, Verdcourt & Polhill 2968!KENYA Narok District Olokurto to Olenguerone, May 1961, Glover, Gwynne & Samuel 1139!TANZANIA Arusha District Mt Meru, Dec. 1966, Mrs Richards 21713!TANZANIA Lushoto District Western Shagai forest, May 1953, Drummond & Hemsley 2566!TANZANIA Handeni District Maunga valley above Mzinga, Sept. 1970, Harris, Pocs & Csontos 5160!UGANDA Acholi District Agoro, Nov. 1954, A.S. Thomas 4376!UGANDA Karamoja District Illipath, Kadam, Jan. 1957, Philip 814!UGANDA Mbale District Sipi to Suam River, NW Elgon, Oct. 1939, Dale 56!
Notes
USES. None recorded on specimens from our area. CONSERVATION Least Concern (LC)

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, (2008) Author: S.A. GHAZANFAR, F.N. HEPPER & D. PHILCOX
Names
Halleria lucida L. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], Sp. Pl.: 625 (1753); A. Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 116 (1851); Sims in Bot. Mag.: t. 1744 (1815); Benth. in Hook., Comp. Bot. Mag. 2: 54 (1854) & in DC., Prodr. 10: 301 (1846); Engl., E.J. 30: 401 (1901); Hiern in Dyer, Fl. Cap. 4(2): 207 (1904); Skan in F.T.A. 4(2): 295 (1906); K.T.S.: 530 (1961); F.F.N.R.: 377 (1962); Cufodontis in B.J.B.B. 33: Suppl. 892 (1963); Philcox in F.Z. 8(2): 16 (1990); U.K.W.F.: 255 (1994); K.T.S.L.: 589, illustr.: (1994); Wood, Handb. Fl. Yemen: 262 (1997); Collenette, Wildflow. Saudi Arabia: 674 (1999); Fischer, F.A.C. Scrophulariaceae: 21, pl. 5 (1999) & in Fl. Ethiop. & Eritr. 5: 255 (2006). Type: “Aethiopia” (= South Africa), Burmann, Pl. Afr. Dec.: 244, t. 89, f. 2. (Herman, Cat. Pl. Afr.: 17) Halleria lucida L. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], Sp. Pl.: 625 (1753) var. a. Type: “Aethiopia”, Burmann, Pl. Afr. Dec.: 243, t. 89, f. 1. Halleria abyssinica Jaub. & Spach [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], Illustr. Pl. Orient. 5: 65, 66, t. 459 & 460 (1855); Engl., Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr.: 377 (1892); P.O.A. C.: 356 (1895). Type: Ethiopia, Schimper 858 (K!, P!, syn.) Halleria elliptica Thunb. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], in Nov. Act. Upsal. 6: 39 (1879); P.O.A. C.: 356 (1895); Skan in F.T.A. 4(2): 296 (1906). Type: as for H. lucida var. a
Information
Shrub or small tree, 2–5 m, rarely up to 10 m, well-branched with drooping habit, bark grey. Leaves ± coriaceous, ovate, 4–9 cm long, 2–5 cm wide, base rounded to shortly cuneate, apex acuminate, margins serrate to irregularly serrulate to almost entire, usually entire in the apical part, glabrous, minutely glandular-punctate beneath; petiole 4–10 mm long. Flowers pendulous, usually 2–4 in leaf axils, many more aggregated on leafless stems. Pedicel 10–11 mm; bracteoles lanceolate, ± 2 mm, inserted below the middle of the pedicel. Calyx cup-shaped, lobes 4–5 mm, rounded at apex, spreading. Corolla tube orange-red, curved, 2–2.5(–3.5) cm, lobes rounded, 2 mm, obliquely zygomorphic. Stamens exserted ± 8 mm beyond the corolla lobes; style exserted. Fruit a berry, purple-black when ripe, ovoid, 1.5–2x0.7–1.5 cm, cupped by the calyx and often topped by the style. Seeds ellipsoid, somewhat plano-convex; testa thin, punctate, with a narrow marginal wing. Fig. 8.
Range
DISTR. U 1, 3; K 1, 3–6; T 2–7 extending from Ethiopia to South Africa (Table Mountain) and to Angola; SW Arabia
Altitude range
900–2700 m
Distribution
KENYA Northern Frontier District Mt Nyiru, July 1960, Kerfoot 1975!KENYA Meru District Nyambeni Hills, Oct. 1960, Verdcourt & Polhill 2968!KENYA Narok District Olokurto to Olenguerone, May 1961, Glover, Gwynne & Samuel 1139!TANZANIA Arusha District Mt Meru, Dec. 1966, Mrs Richards 21713!TANZANIA Lushoto District Western Shagai forest, May 1953, Drummond & Hemsley 2566!TANZANIA Handeni District Maunga valley above Mzinga, Sept. 1970, Harris, Pocs & Csontos 5160!UGANDA Acholi District Agoro, Nov. 1954, A.S. Thomas 4376!UGANDA Karamoja District Illipath, Kadam, Jan. 1957, Philip 814!UGANDA Mbale District Sipi to Suam River, NW Elgon, Oct. 1939, Dale 56!
Notes
USES. None recorded on specimens from our area. CONSERVATION Least Concern (LC)
Halleria lucida L. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE]
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