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Pterygota macrocarpa K. Schum. [family STERCULIACEAE]

Date Updated: 5 February 2007

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 2,
Names
Pterygota macrocarpa K. Schum. [family STERCULIACEAE], in Engl. Monogr. Afr. Sterculiac. 135, fig. 1, A–B (1900); Aubrév. Fl. For. C. Iv. 2: 254, t. 226; Milne-Redhead in Kew Bull. 1950: 348, partly (excl. ref. frts., Maitland 445 and carpel walls associated with Maitland 90). Pterygota cordifolia A. Chev. [family STERCULIACEAE], Vég.Util. 5: 252 (1909).
Information
Foresttree, to 120 ft. high, with buttresses.
Habitat
Forest
Distribution
S. L. Smythe 258! (sterile spec., ident. provis.).Iv. C. Aubrév. 957! Morénou (Nov.) Chev. 22462! Man Aubrév. 405! Zaranou (fr. Mar.) Chev. 16271.G. C. Nkawe Chipp 143! Dedeswa (fr. Mar.) Chipp 144! Ntenseri (fr. Mar.) Mc.Ainsh 872! Kotokron (June) Vigne FH 1198! Owabi (fr. Nov.) Vigne FH 2589!S. Nig. Olokemeji F.R. (fr. Feb.) Corbin 522! Ejiofor FHI 33451! Ibadan North F.R,. Ubogu FHI 7152!Br. Cam. Victoria (fl. & fr. Nov.) Maitland 90! 769! Likomba (fl. Nov., fr. Dec.) Mildbr. 10701! 10778! (See Appendix, p. 108.)
Notes
[Small fragments of Zenker 2652 (the type-number of P. kamerunensis K. Schum. (1907), from Bipinde in the French Cameroons in the herbaria at Kew and the British Museum are probably equal to P. macrocarpa K. Schum.]
Pterygota macrocarpa K. Schum. [family STERCULIACEAE]
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