Entry From
FZ, Vol 5, Part 2, (1998) Author: D. Bridson
Names
Pygmaeothamnus zeyheri var. rogersii Robyns [family RUBIACEAE], in Bull. Jard. Bot. État 11: 34 (1928). —Verdcourt in F.T.E.A., Rubiaceae: 778 (1991). Type: Zimbabwe, Victoria Falls, Rogers 5431 (PRE, holotype; BOL; K).
Fadogia livingstoniana S. Moore [family RUBIACEAE], in J. Bot. 57: 88 (1919). Type: Zambia, Livingstone, Rogers 7466 (BM, holotype; K).
Pygmaeothamnus zeyheri var. livingstonianus Robyns [family RUBIACEAE], in Bull. Jard. Bot. État 11: 34 (1928). Type: Zambia, Livingstone, Rogers 7466 (?PRE, holotype; BM; K).
Habitat
High rainfall Brachystegia woodlands and submontane grassland, and in Diospyros–Parinari woodland on dambo margins, also on Kalahari Sand
Distribution
Zambia S Livingstone, Dambwa Forest Reserve, fl. 3.x.1969, Mutimushi 3540 (K; NDO).Zambia E Nyika National Park, between Zambian Resthouse and Manyenjere Forest, fl. 24.i.1992, Goyder, Paton & Tawakali 3561 (K; NDO).Zambia W Kitwe, v. young fr. 26.iii.1966, Mutimushi 1351 (K; NDO).Zambia N Mporokoso Distr., about 16–32 km from Mporokoso by the Kawambwa road, fl. 16.x.1947, Brenan & Greenway 8129 (FHO; K).Zambia B Kalabo, fl. 15.x.1963, Fanshawe 8082 (K; NDO).
Notes
Robyns's name “livingstonianus” is not a new combination but the same epithet based on the same gathering. He appears to have overlooked S. Moore's name altogether and does not mention it under Fadogia in his revision. The fruits are eaten and were stated to be a staple food of some bushmen (fide Schoenfelder in 1935).
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