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Begonia sutherlandii subsp. latior Irmsch. Kupicha [family BEGONIACEAE]
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 499, (1978) Author: F. K. Kupicha
Names
Begonia sutherlandii subsp. latior Irmsch. Kupicha [family BEGONIACEAE], stat. nov. Type: Zambia, above Mukoma, Inono Falls, 900 m., 21.xii.1954, Richards 3699 (B, holotype; K; SRGH).
Begonia sutherlandii [family BEGONIACEAE], sensu Phillips in Fl. Pl. S. Afr. 8: t. 283 (1928).—Letty, Wild Fls. of the Transvaal: t. 101 fig. 3 (1962).—Trauseld, Wild Fls. of the Natal Drakensberg: 125, cum 2 photogr. (1969).
Begonia flava Marais [family BEGONIACEAE], in Fl. Pl. S. Afr. 31: t. 1233 (1956). Type: Mozambique, Manica Distr., Garuso, 1952, Schweickerdt (cultivated at Pretoria Botanic Garden, xi. 1953) in PRE 28540 (PRE, holotype).
Begonia sutherlandii var. latior Irmsch. [family BEGONIACEAE], in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 81: 165, t. 9 fig. 1 (1961). Type as for Begonia sutherlandii subsp. latior.
Begonia sutherlandii forma densiserrata Irmsch. [family BEGONIACEAE], tom. cit.: 169, t. 9 fig. 2 (1961). Type from Tanzania.
Habitat
Deep ravines, near waterfalls, wet rock crevices
Altitude range
910–1800 m.
1800
910
Distribution
Mozambique MS Chimanimani Mts., Musapa Gap, c. 3 km. from Rhodesian border, 910 m., fl. 30.i.962, Wild 5625 (K; PRE; SRGH).Zimbabwe E Melsetter Distr., Gweni Mt., fl. 17.xii.1948, Chase 1414 (BM; K; SRGH).Zambia N Mbala (Abercorn) Distr., Lunzuwa Falls, fl. 9.i.1952, Nash 101 (BM).
Distribution (external)
Tanzania
Zaire
S. Africa (from Transvaal to the Cape)
Notes
Irmscher (loc. cit.) divided B. sutherlandii into four varieties, only one of which (var. latior) was represented in the F.Z. area. var.subcuneata, apparently confined to Tanzania, was distinguished from the S. African var. sutherlandii by having a slightly different leaf shape and probably by the fact that the two taxa had isolated distributions. Plants belonging to “var. subcuneata ” have since been found also in N. Malawi and N. Mozambique, and although there is still a disjunction between these populations and those of “var. sutherlandii ”, they are phenetically so similar that it seems best to treat them as a single taxon—subsp. sutherlandii. Subsp. latior is very distinct from the type subspecies in the F.Z. area, but in S. Africa these taxa tend to merge.The Tanzanian var. rubrifolia Irmsch., so far known only from the type (from the Njombe Distr.), has small, ovate, reddish leaves. It is thus superficially similar to B. rumpiensis, a close geographical neighbour. However, the flower and fruit characters of these two species separate them quite easily.
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 499, (1978) Author: F. K. Kupicha
Names
Begonia sutherlandii subsp. latior Irmsch. Kupicha [family BEGONIACEAE], stat. nov. Type: Zambia, above Mukoma, Inono Falls, 900 m., 21.xii.1954, Richards 3699 (B, holotype; K; SRGH).
Begonia sutherlandii [family BEGONIACEAE], sensu Phillips in Fl. Pl. S. Afr. 8: t. 283 (1928).—Letty, Wild Fls. of the Transvaal: t. 101 fig. 3 (1962).—Trauseld, Wild Fls. of the Natal Drakensberg: 125, cum 2 photogr. (1969).
Begonia flava Marais [family BEGONIACEAE], in Fl. Pl. S. Afr. 31: t. 1233 (1956). Type: Mozambique, Manica Distr., Garuso, 1952, Schweickerdt (cultivated at Pretoria Botanic Garden, xi. 1953) in PRE 28540 (PRE, holotype).
Begonia sutherlandii var. latior Irmsch. [family BEGONIACEAE], in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 81: 165, t. 9 fig. 1 (1961). Type as for Begonia sutherlandii subsp. latior.
Begonia sutherlandii forma densiserrata Irmsch. [family BEGONIACEAE], tom. cit.: 169, t. 9 fig. 2 (1961). Type from Tanzania.
Habitat
Deep ravines, near waterfalls, wet rock crevices
Altitude range
910–1800 m.
1800
910
Distribution
Mozambique MS Chimanimani Mts., Musapa Gap, c. 3 km. from Rhodesian border, 910 m., fl. 30.i.962, Wild 5625 (K; PRE; SRGH).Zimbabwe E Melsetter Distr., Gweni Mt., fl. 17.xii.1948, Chase 1414 (BM; K; SRGH).Zambia N Mbala (Abercorn) Distr., Lunzuwa Falls, fl. 9.i.1952, Nash 101 (BM).
Distribution (external)
Tanzania
Zaire
S. Africa (from Transvaal to the Cape)
Notes
Irmscher (loc. cit.) divided B. sutherlandii into four varieties, only one of which (var. latior) was represented in the F.Z. area. var.subcuneata, apparently confined to Tanzania, was distinguished from the S. African var. sutherlandii by having a slightly different leaf shape and probably by the fact that the two taxa had isolated distributions. Plants belonging to “var. subcuneata ” have since been found also in N. Malawi and N. Mozambique, and although there is still a disjunction between these populations and those of “var. sutherlandii ”, they are phenetically so similar that it seems best to treat them as a single taxon—subsp. sutherlandii. Subsp. latior is very distinct from the type subspecies in the F.Z. area, but in S. Africa these taxa tend to merge.The Tanzanian var. rubrifolia Irmsch., so far known only from the type (from the Njombe Distr.), has small, ovate, reddish leaves. It is thus superficially similar to B. rumpiensis, a close geographical neighbour. However, the flower and fruit characters of these two species separate them quite easily.
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 499, (1978) Author: F. K. Kupicha
Names
Begonia sutherlandii subsp. latior Irmsch. Kupicha [family BEGONIACEAE], stat. nov. Type: Zambia, above Mukoma, Inono Falls, 900 m., 21.xii.1954, Richards 3699 (B, holotype; K; SRGH).
Begonia sutherlandii [family BEGONIACEAE], sensu Phillips in Fl. Pl. S. Afr. 8: t. 283 (1928).—Letty, Wild Fls. of the Transvaal: t. 101 fig. 3 (1962).—Trauseld, Wild Fls. of the Natal Drakensberg: 125, cum 2 photogr. (1969).
Begonia flava Marais [family BEGONIACEAE], in Fl. Pl. S. Afr. 31: t. 1233 (1956). Type: Mozambique, Manica Distr., Garuso, 1952, Schweickerdt (cultivated at Pretoria Botanic Garden, xi. 1953) in PRE 28540 (PRE, holotype).
Begonia sutherlandii var. latior Irmsch. [family BEGONIACEAE], in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 81: 165, t. 9 fig. 1 (1961). Type as for Begonia sutherlandii subsp. latior.
Begonia sutherlandii forma densiserrata Irmsch. [family BEGONIACEAE], tom. cit.: 169, t. 9 fig. 2 (1961). Type from Tanzania.
Habitat
Deep ravines, near waterfalls, wet rock crevices
Altitude range
910–1800 m.
1800
910
Distribution
Mozambique MS Chimanimani Mts., Musapa Gap, c. 3 km. from Rhodesian border, 910 m., fl. 30.i.962, Wild 5625 (K; PRE; SRGH).Zimbabwe E Melsetter Distr., Gweni Mt., fl. 17.xii.1948, Chase 1414 (BM; K; SRGH).Zambia N Mbala (Abercorn) Distr., Lunzuwa Falls, fl. 9.i.1952, Nash 101 (BM).
Distribution (external)
Tanzania
Zaire
S. Africa (from Transvaal to the Cape)
Notes
Irmscher (loc. cit.) divided B. sutherlandii into four varieties, only one of which (var. latior) was represented in the F.Z. area. var.subcuneata, apparently confined to Tanzania, was distinguished from the S. African var. sutherlandii by having a slightly different leaf shape and probably by the fact that the two taxa had isolated distributions. Plants belonging to “var. subcuneata ” have since been found also in N. Malawi and N. Mozambique, and although there is still a disjunction between these populations and those of “var. sutherlandii ”, they are phenetically so similar that it seems best to treat them as a single taxon—subsp. sutherlandii. Subsp. latior is very distinct from the type subspecies in the F.Z. area, but in S. Africa these taxa tend to merge.The Tanzanian var. rubrifolia Irmsch., so far known only from the type (from the Njombe Distr.), has small, ovate, reddish leaves. It is thus superficially similar to B. rumpiensis, a close geographical neighbour. However, the flower and fruit characters of these two species separate them quite easily.
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