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Dolichos sericeus subsp. sericeus [family LEGUMINOSAE]
Date Updated: 26 July 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 3, Part 5, (2001) Author: B. Mackinder, R. Pasquet, R. Polhill and B. Verdcourt
Names
Dolichos sericeus subsp. sericeus [family LEGUMINOSAE], —Verdcourt in Kew Bull. 24: 413 (1970); in F.T.E.A., Leguminosae, Pap.: 680 (1971). —Drummond in Kirkia 8: 220 (1972). —Thulin in Opera Bot., number 68: 139 (1983). —Lock, Leg. Afr. Check-list: 396 (1989).
Dolichos shuterioides Baker [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Bull. Misc. Inform., Kew 1897: 262 (1897). —E.G. Baker, Legum. Trop. Africa 2: 449 (1929). Type: Malawi, Masuku Plateau, 1896, Whyte 275 (K, holotype).
Rhynchosia sphaerocephala Baker [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Bull. Misc. Inform., Kew 1897: 264 (1897). Type: Malawi, Nyika Plateau, vi.1896, Whyte 211 (K, holotype).
Dolichos formosus [family LEGUMINOSAE], sensu Robyns, Fl. Sperm. Parc Nat. Alb. 1: 366 (1948). —sensu Brenan in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 8: 411 (1954). —sensu Wilczek in F.C.B. 6: 314 (1954). —sensu Hepper in F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 1: 571 (1958), non A. Rich. sensu stricto.
Information
Standard 15–18 mm long. Pods glabrous or nearly so when mature.
Habitat
In montane evergreen forest, at forest fringes and on river banks in forest
Range
Widespread in the highlands of tropical Africa from Cameroon to southern Ethiopia and south to South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)
Altitude range
1200–1850 m.
1850
1200
Distribution
Mozambique MS west face of Gorongosa Mt., fl. & fr. 10.vii.1969, Leach & Cannell 14290 (K; SRGH).Malawi S Zomba, near Saw Mill, fl. & fr. 16.viii.1978, Salubeni & Masiye 2315 (MAL; SRGH).Zimbabwe E Mutare Distr., Marange C.L. (Maranki Reserve), fl. & fr. 21.v.1950, Chase 2913 (K; LISC; SRGH).Mozambique Z Milange, fl. & fr. 11.ix.1941, Torre 3423 (LISC).Malawi C Dedza Distr., Chongoni Forest Reserve, fl. & fr. 20.vii.1967, Salubeni 783 (K; MAL; SRGH).Zimbabwe C Makoni, fl. vi.1917, Eyles 794 (K).Zambia E Chama Distr., Nyika Plateau, fl. & fr. 7.vi.1962, Verboom 634 (K; SRGH).
Notes
Subsp. pseudofalcatus Verdc. was recorded growing in a garden in Lusaka, Zambia (Verboom 2671(K)), where it was almost certainly introduced. It is native to East Africa and Dem. Rep. Congo. This subspecies has a small flower (standard petal 10–12(15) mm long) and may be confused with Dolichos trilobus, from which it differs in having larger bracteoles and blunter stipules.Subsp. glabrescens Verdc. is known from Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania and differs from the other subspecies in having a glabrescent calyx.Subsp. formosus (A. Rich.) Verdc. is known from Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda and Kenya and differs from the other subspecies by its persistently pubescent or velvety pods.
Date Updated: 26 July 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 3, Part 5, (2001) Author: B. Mackinder, R. Pasquet, R. Polhill and B. Verdcourt
Names
Dolichos sericeus subsp. sericeus [family LEGUMINOSAE], —Verdcourt in Kew Bull. 24: 413 (1970); in F.T.E.A., Leguminosae, Pap.: 680 (1971). —Drummond in Kirkia 8: 220 (1972). —Thulin in Opera Bot., number 68: 139 (1983). —Lock, Leg. Afr. Check-list: 396 (1989).
Dolichos shuterioides Baker [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Bull. Misc. Inform., Kew 1897: 262 (1897). —E.G. Baker, Legum. Trop. Africa 2: 449 (1929). Type: Malawi, Masuku Plateau, 1896, Whyte 275 (K, holotype).
Rhynchosia sphaerocephala Baker [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Bull. Misc. Inform., Kew 1897: 264 (1897). Type: Malawi, Nyika Plateau, vi.1896, Whyte 211 (K, holotype).
Dolichos formosus [family LEGUMINOSAE], sensu Robyns, Fl. Sperm. Parc Nat. Alb. 1: 366 (1948). —sensu Brenan in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 8: 411 (1954). —sensu Wilczek in F.C.B. 6: 314 (1954). —sensu Hepper in F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 1: 571 (1958), non A. Rich. sensu stricto.
Information
Standard 15–18 mm long. Pods glabrous or nearly so when mature.
Habitat
In montane evergreen forest, at forest fringes and on river banks in forest
Range
Widespread in the highlands of tropical Africa from Cameroon to southern Ethiopia and south to South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)
Altitude range
1200–1850 m.
1850
1200
Distribution
Mozambique MS west face of Gorongosa Mt., fl. & fr. 10.vii.1969, Leach & Cannell 14290 (K; SRGH).Malawi S Zomba, near Saw Mill, fl. & fr. 16.viii.1978, Salubeni & Masiye 2315 (MAL; SRGH).Zimbabwe E Mutare Distr., Marange C.L. (Maranki Reserve), fl. & fr. 21.v.1950, Chase 2913 (K; LISC; SRGH).Mozambique Z Milange, fl. & fr. 11.ix.1941, Torre 3423 (LISC).Malawi C Dedza Distr., Chongoni Forest Reserve, fl. & fr. 20.vii.1967, Salubeni 783 (K; MAL; SRGH).Zimbabwe C Makoni, fl. vi.1917, Eyles 794 (K).Zambia E Chama Distr., Nyika Plateau, fl. & fr. 7.vi.1962, Verboom 634 (K; SRGH).
Notes
Subsp. pseudofalcatus Verdc. was recorded growing in a garden in Lusaka, Zambia (Verboom 2671(K)), where it was almost certainly introduced. It is native to East Africa and Dem. Rep. Congo. This subspecies has a small flower (standard petal 10–12(15) mm long) and may be confused with Dolichos trilobus, from which it differs in having larger bracteoles and blunter stipules.Subsp. glabrescens Verdc. is known from Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania and differs from the other subspecies in having a glabrescent calyx.Subsp. formosus (A. Rich.) Verdc. is known from Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda and Kenya and differs from the other subspecies by its persistently pubescent or velvety pods.
Date Updated: 26 July 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 3, Part 5, (2001) Author: B. Mackinder, R. Pasquet, R. Polhill and B. Verdcourt
Names
Dolichos sericeus subsp. sericeus [family LEGUMINOSAE], —Verdcourt in Kew Bull. 24: 413 (1970); in F.T.E.A., Leguminosae, Pap.: 680 (1971). —Drummond in Kirkia 8: 220 (1972). —Thulin in Opera Bot., number 68: 139 (1983). —Lock, Leg. Afr. Check-list: 396 (1989).
Dolichos shuterioides Baker [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Bull. Misc. Inform., Kew 1897: 262 (1897). —E.G. Baker, Legum. Trop. Africa 2: 449 (1929). Type: Malawi, Masuku Plateau, 1896, Whyte 275 (K, holotype).
Rhynchosia sphaerocephala Baker [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Bull. Misc. Inform., Kew 1897: 264 (1897). Type: Malawi, Nyika Plateau, vi.1896, Whyte 211 (K, holotype).
Dolichos formosus [family LEGUMINOSAE], sensu Robyns, Fl. Sperm. Parc Nat. Alb. 1: 366 (1948). —sensu Brenan in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 8: 411 (1954). —sensu Wilczek in F.C.B. 6: 314 (1954). —sensu Hepper in F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 1: 571 (1958), non A. Rich. sensu stricto.
Information
Standard 15–18 mm long. Pods glabrous or nearly so when mature.
Habitat
In montane evergreen forest, at forest fringes and on river banks in forest
Range
Widespread in the highlands of tropical Africa from Cameroon to southern Ethiopia and south to South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)
Altitude range
1200–1850 m.
1850
1200
Distribution
Mozambique MS west face of Gorongosa Mt., fl. & fr. 10.vii.1969, Leach & Cannell 14290 (K; SRGH).Malawi S Zomba, near Saw Mill, fl. & fr. 16.viii.1978, Salubeni & Masiye 2315 (MAL; SRGH).Zimbabwe E Mutare Distr., Marange C.L. (Maranki Reserve), fl. & fr. 21.v.1950, Chase 2913 (K; LISC; SRGH).Mozambique Z Milange, fl. & fr. 11.ix.1941, Torre 3423 (LISC).Malawi C Dedza Distr., Chongoni Forest Reserve, fl. & fr. 20.vii.1967, Salubeni 783 (K; MAL; SRGH).Zimbabwe C Makoni, fl. vi.1917, Eyles 794 (K).Zambia E Chama Distr., Nyika Plateau, fl. & fr. 7.vi.1962, Verboom 634 (K; SRGH).
Notes
Subsp. pseudofalcatus Verdc. was recorded growing in a garden in Lusaka, Zambia (Verboom 2671(K)), where it was almost certainly introduced. It is native to East Africa and Dem. Rep. Congo. This subspecies has a small flower (standard petal 10–12(15) mm long) and may be confused with Dolichos trilobus, from which it differs in having larger bracteoles and blunter stipules.Subsp. glabrescens Verdc. is known from Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania and differs from the other subspecies in having a glabrescent calyx.Subsp. formosus (A. Rich.) Verdc. is known from Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda and Kenya and differs from the other subspecies by its persistently pubescent or velvety pods.
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