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Tapinanthus bangwensis (Engl. & K. Krause) Danser [family LORANTHACEAE]

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
Tapinanthus bangwensis (Engl. & K. Krause) Danser [family LORANTHACEAE], l.c. 108 (1933). Loranthus bangwensis Engl. & K. Krause [family LORANTHACEAE], (1909) — F.T.A6, 1: 353; F.W.T.A., ed1, 1: 467; Berhaut FlSen97 (?) l. thonningii Schum. & Thonn. [family ], (1827) — F.T.A6, 1; 363.
Information
Branchlets abundantly covered with brown lenticels; leaves very variable in size and thickness, reduced in Senegal but well developed in Liberia and Sierra Leone; perianth red below, pink then grey above; filaments and style green; becoming purple. On many species including Acaciafarnesiana,A. nilotica,Alchorneacordifolia,Colanitida,Coffealiberica,CrossopteryxCroton,Drepanocarpuslunatus,Manihotglaziovii,Terminaliacatappa and Theobroma.
Distribution
Sen.: Brunner! Perrottet 480! 481! Thiés De Wailly 4405!Gam.: Bathurst Dawe 74!Fr. G.: Conakry Maclaud!S.L.: Rokupr Jordan 255!Lib.: Grand Bassa (May) Dinklage 1908! Buchanan Baldwin 11198! Gbanga Baldwin 10519! Greenville Baldwin 11566! Nyaake-Webo Baldwin, 6149!IV.C.: Oua to Goura Chev. 13763! 21342!G.C.: Cape Coast Castle (July) T. Vogel 45! Tarkwa (June) Chipp 243! Kumasi (June) Andoh FH 4221! Vigne FH 2961!Togo: Sanhokofi St. C. Thompson FH 3594!Dah.: Kitou Chev. 23018! Ouidah Lesteve 112! Porto Novo Lesteve 105!S.Nig.: Lagos Dalz. 1089!Br.Cam.: Bangwe Conrau 253.F.Po: Laka (Aug.) Thorold TF 81!
Distribution (external)
Ubangi-Shari French Cameroons Gabon Belgian Congo
Tapinanthus bangwensis (Engl. & K. Krause) Danser [family LORANTHACEAE]
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