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Basananthe apetala Bak. f. de Wilde [family PASSIFLORACEAE]
Date Updated: 26 July 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 4, Part 0, page 368, (1978) Author: R. and A. Fernandes
Names
Tryphostemma apetalum var. serratum Bak. f. [family PASSIFLORACEAE], in Journ. Bot., Lond. 37: 437 (1899).—Engl. in Sitz.-Ber. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berl. 52: 27, 28, 30 (1906); loc. cit. fig. 265 (1921).—Harms, tom, cit.: 487, fig. 222 (1925).—A. & R. Fernandes, loc. cit. Syntypes: Rhodesia, Mazoe Distr., Eyles 412, 461 (BM); Rand 1347 (BM); Umtali, Teague 477 (K); Victoria Distr., Munro 1548 (BM).
Basananthe apetala Bak. f. de Wilde [family PASSIFLORACEAE], in Blumea 21, 2: 338, fig. 1e & 5 (1973); in F.T.E.A., Passifloraceae: 56 (1975). Syntypes: Malawi, Buchanan 1063 (K); Scott Elliot 8661 (K); Zomba Mts., Whyte (BM; K).
Tryphostemma apetalum Bak. f. [family PASSIFLORACEAE], in Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. Ser. 2, 4: 14, t. 3 fig. 7–11 (1894).—Hutch. & Pearce in Kew Bull. 1921: 263 (1921).—Engl., Pflanzenw. Afr. 3, 2: 599 (1921).—Harms in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 21: 488 (1925).—Norlindh in Bot. Nods. 1934: 107 (1934).—A. & R. Fernandes in Garcia de Orta 6, 2: 251 (1958). Syntypes as above.
Information
Erect, perennial, glabrous herb up to 70 cm. high, with a woody rootstock. Leaf-lamina 1·5–10 × 0·5–2(4·5) cm., elliptic to lanceolate, obtuse or acute at the apex, margin ± conspicuously serrate, the teeth up to 1 mm. deep, mucronate, acute at the base; petiole 1–4(6–12) mm. long. Stipules 2–3 mm. long. False stipules asymmetrical, (0·5)1–4 cm., acute at both extremities, ± serrate at the margin. Axillary tendrils up to 8 cm. long. Cymes 1–2-flowered; peduncles 1–5 cm. long; bracteoles 1·5–3 mm. long, filiform; inflorescence tendrils up to 6 cm. long, slender. Flowers pale yellow with stipe 2–5 mm. long. Hypanthium c. 2·5 mm. broad. Sepals 5, the inner ones ± petaloid, 4–5·5 mm. long, obtuse at the apex. Petals absent. Outer corona with the tube c. 2 mm. high and the threads 1–1·75 mm. Inner corona 0·75–1 mm. high, cup-shaped. Stamens 5, with the filaments 1·5–2·5 mm. long and the anthers 0·75–1 mm. long. Ovary 0·75–1·25 mm. long; styles 3(4), 0·75–1·25 mm. long, free. Capsule 1·5–2 cm. long, 1–3-seeded. Seeds c. 7 mm. long.
Habitat
In open forests, savannas, scrub, grasslands, burnt places, etc.
Distribution
Malawi S Zomba and Shire Highlands, Whyte (BM; K).Zimbabwe S Victoria, fl., Monro 1548 (BM).Zimbabwe E Umtali Distr., East Commonage, 1152 m., fl. & fr. 4.xii.1953, Chase 7920 (SRGH).Zimbabwe C Salisbury Distr., Hatcliffe, c. 22·5 km. NNE. of Salisbury on road to Domboshawa, 1555 m., fl. & fr. 26.ix.1955, Drummond 4882 (BR; K; LISC; LMA; SRGH).Zimbabwe W Maschambas, fl. ix.1931, Myres 149 (K).Malawi C Dedza, Chongoni Forest, fl. 14.vii.1969, Salubeni 1368 (SRGH).Mozambique MS Manica, Rotanda, near Messambize R., c. 1000 m., fl. & fr. 17.xi.1965, Torre & Correia 12991 (COI; LD; LISC; MO).Zimbabwe N Mazoe, N. of Jumbo, c. 1280 m., fl. & fr. 13.i.1958, Phipps 845 (SRGH).
Distribution (external)
Tanzania
Date Updated: 26 July 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 4, Part 0, page 368, (1978) Author: R. and A. Fernandes
Names
Tryphostemma apetalum var. serratum Bak. f. [family PASSIFLORACEAE], in Journ. Bot., Lond. 37: 437 (1899).—Engl. in Sitz.-Ber. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berl. 52: 27, 28, 30 (1906); loc. cit. fig. 265 (1921).—Harms, tom, cit.: 487, fig. 222 (1925).—A. & R. Fernandes, loc. cit. Syntypes: Rhodesia, Mazoe Distr., Eyles 412, 461 (BM); Rand 1347 (BM); Umtali, Teague 477 (K); Victoria Distr., Munro 1548 (BM).
Basananthe apetala Bak. f. de Wilde [family PASSIFLORACEAE], in Blumea 21, 2: 338, fig. 1e & 5 (1973); in F.T.E.A., Passifloraceae: 56 (1975). Syntypes: Malawi, Buchanan 1063 (K); Scott Elliot 8661 (K); Zomba Mts., Whyte (BM; K).
Tryphostemma apetalum Bak. f. [family PASSIFLORACEAE], in Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. Ser. 2, 4: 14, t. 3 fig. 7–11 (1894).—Hutch. & Pearce in Kew Bull. 1921: 263 (1921).—Engl., Pflanzenw. Afr. 3, 2: 599 (1921).—Harms in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 21: 488 (1925).—Norlindh in Bot. Nods. 1934: 107 (1934).—A. & R. Fernandes in Garcia de Orta 6, 2: 251 (1958). Syntypes as above.
Information
Erect, perennial, glabrous herb up to 70 cm. high, with a woody rootstock. Leaf-lamina 1·5–10 × 0·5–2(4·5) cm., elliptic to lanceolate, obtuse or acute at the apex, margin ± conspicuously serrate, the teeth up to 1 mm. deep, mucronate, acute at the base; petiole 1–4(6–12) mm. long. Stipules 2–3 mm. long. False stipules asymmetrical, (0·5)1–4 cm., acute at both extremities, ± serrate at the margin. Axillary tendrils up to 8 cm. long. Cymes 1–2-flowered; peduncles 1–5 cm. long; bracteoles 1·5–3 mm. long, filiform; inflorescence tendrils up to 6 cm. long, slender. Flowers pale yellow with stipe 2–5 mm. long. Hypanthium c. 2·5 mm. broad. Sepals 5, the inner ones ± petaloid, 4–5·5 mm. long, obtuse at the apex. Petals absent. Outer corona with the tube c. 2 mm. high and the threads 1–1·75 mm. Inner corona 0·75–1 mm. high, cup-shaped. Stamens 5, with the filaments 1·5–2·5 mm. long and the anthers 0·75–1 mm. long. Ovary 0·75–1·25 mm. long; styles 3(4), 0·75–1·25 mm. long, free. Capsule 1·5–2 cm. long, 1–3-seeded. Seeds c. 7 mm. long.
Habitat
In open forests, savannas, scrub, grasslands, burnt places, etc.
Distribution
Malawi S Zomba and Shire Highlands, Whyte (BM; K).Zimbabwe S Victoria, fl., Monro 1548 (BM).Zimbabwe E Umtali Distr., East Commonage, 1152 m., fl. & fr. 4.xii.1953, Chase 7920 (SRGH).Zimbabwe C Salisbury Distr., Hatcliffe, c. 22·5 km. NNE. of Salisbury on road to Domboshawa, 1555 m., fl. & fr. 26.ix.1955, Drummond 4882 (BR; K; LISC; LMA; SRGH).Zimbabwe W Maschambas, fl. ix.1931, Myres 149 (K).Malawi C Dedza, Chongoni Forest, fl. 14.vii.1969, Salubeni 1368 (SRGH).Mozambique MS Manica, Rotanda, near Messambize R., c. 1000 m., fl. & fr. 17.xi.1965, Torre & Correia 12991 (COI; LD; LISC; MO).Zimbabwe N Mazoe, N. of Jumbo, c. 1280 m., fl. & fr. 13.i.1958, Phipps 845 (SRGH).
Distribution (external)
Tanzania
Date Updated: 26 July 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 4, Part 0, page 368, (1978) Author: R. and A. Fernandes
Names
Tryphostemma apetalum var. serratum Bak. f. [family PASSIFLORACEAE], in Journ. Bot., Lond. 37: 437 (1899).—Engl. in Sitz.-Ber. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berl. 52: 27, 28, 30 (1906); loc. cit. fig. 265 (1921).—Harms, tom, cit.: 487, fig. 222 (1925).—A. & R. Fernandes, loc. cit. Syntypes: Rhodesia, Mazoe Distr., Eyles 412, 461 (BM); Rand 1347 (BM); Umtali, Teague 477 (K); Victoria Distr., Munro 1548 (BM).
Basananthe apetala Bak. f. de Wilde [family PASSIFLORACEAE], in Blumea 21, 2: 338, fig. 1e & 5 (1973); in F.T.E.A., Passifloraceae: 56 (1975). Syntypes: Malawi, Buchanan 1063 (K); Scott Elliot 8661 (K); Zomba Mts., Whyte (BM; K).
Tryphostemma apetalum Bak. f. [family PASSIFLORACEAE], in Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. Ser. 2, 4: 14, t. 3 fig. 7–11 (1894).—Hutch. & Pearce in Kew Bull. 1921: 263 (1921).—Engl., Pflanzenw. Afr. 3, 2: 599 (1921).—Harms in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 21: 488 (1925).—Norlindh in Bot. Nods. 1934: 107 (1934).—A. & R. Fernandes in Garcia de Orta 6, 2: 251 (1958). Syntypes as above.
Information
Erect, perennial, glabrous herb up to 70 cm. high, with a woody rootstock. Leaf-lamina 1·5–10 × 0·5–2(4·5) cm., elliptic to lanceolate, obtuse or acute at the apex, margin ± conspicuously serrate, the teeth up to 1 mm. deep, mucronate, acute at the base; petiole 1–4(6–12) mm. long. Stipules 2–3 mm. long. False stipules asymmetrical, (0·5)1–4 cm., acute at both extremities, ± serrate at the margin. Axillary tendrils up to 8 cm. long. Cymes 1–2-flowered; peduncles 1–5 cm. long; bracteoles 1·5–3 mm. long, filiform; inflorescence tendrils up to 6 cm. long, slender. Flowers pale yellow with stipe 2–5 mm. long. Hypanthium c. 2·5 mm. broad. Sepals 5, the inner ones ± petaloid, 4–5·5 mm. long, obtuse at the apex. Petals absent. Outer corona with the tube c. 2 mm. high and the threads 1–1·75 mm. Inner corona 0·75–1 mm. high, cup-shaped. Stamens 5, with the filaments 1·5–2·5 mm. long and the anthers 0·75–1 mm. long. Ovary 0·75–1·25 mm. long; styles 3(4), 0·75–1·25 mm. long, free. Capsule 1·5–2 cm. long, 1–3-seeded. Seeds c. 7 mm. long.
Habitat
In open forests, savannas, scrub, grasslands, burnt places, etc.
Distribution
Malawi S Zomba and Shire Highlands, Whyte (BM; K).Zimbabwe S Victoria, fl., Monro 1548 (BM).Zimbabwe E Umtali Distr., East Commonage, 1152 m., fl. & fr. 4.xii.1953, Chase 7920 (SRGH).Zimbabwe C Salisbury Distr., Hatcliffe, c. 22·5 km. NNE. of Salisbury on road to Domboshawa, 1555 m., fl. & fr. 26.ix.1955, Drummond 4882 (BR; K; LISC; LMA; SRGH).Zimbabwe W Maschambas, fl. ix.1931, Myres 149 (K).Malawi C Dedza, Chongoni Forest, fl. 14.vii.1969, Salubeni 1368 (SRGH).Mozambique MS Manica, Rotanda, near Messambize R., c. 1000 m., fl. & fr. 17.xi.1965, Torre & Correia 12991 (COI; LD; LISC; MO).Zimbabwe N Mazoe, N. of Jumbo, c. 1280 m., fl. & fr. 13.i.1958, Phipps 845 (SRGH).
Distribution (external)
Tanzania
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