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Canthium oligocarpum subsp. captum Bullock Bridson [family RUBIACEAE]

Date Updated: 26 July 2007

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 5, Part 2, (1998) Author: D. Bridson
Names
Canthium oligocarpum subsp. captum Bullock Bridson [family RUBIACEAE], in F.T.E.A., Rubiaceae: 878 (1991); in Kew Bull. 47: 389 (1992). Type from Tanzania. Canthium captum Bullock [family RUBIACEAE], in Bull. Misc. Inform., Kew 1932: 376 (1932). —Brenan, Check-list For. Trees Shrubs Tang. Terr.: 488 (1949). —Brenan in Mem. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 8: 452 (1954).
Information
Leaf blades 4–11 × 2–4.5 cm, mostly elliptic or sometimes broadly elliptic, thinly chartaceousto subcoriaceous and moderately shiny above; lateral nerves in 6–7 main pairs, often impressed above.
Habitat
In mixed evergreen rainforest
Altitude range
1300–2100 m. 2100 1300
Distribution
Malawi S Mulanje Mt., Likhubula-Thuchila Divide (Likubula-Tuchila), fr. 9.vii.1946, Brass 16771 (K; PRE).Mozambique Z Gurué, fr. 18.iii.1966, Torre & Correia 14942 (LISC).Malawi N Chitipa Distr., Misuku Hills, Wilindi Forest Reserve, fl. 16.ix.1970, Müller 1676 (K; 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 5, Part 2, (1998) Author: D. Bridson
Names
Canthium oligocarpum subsp. captum Bullock Bridson [family RUBIACEAE], in F.T.E.A., Rubiaceae: 878 (1991); in Kew Bull. 47: 389 (1992). Type from Tanzania. Canthium captum Bullock [family RUBIACEAE], in Bull. Misc. Inform., Kew 1932: 376 (1932). —Brenan, Check-list For. Trees Shrubs Tang. Terr.: 488 (1949). —Brenan in Mem. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 8: 452 (1954).
Information
Leaf blades 4–11 × 2–4.5 cm, mostly elliptic or sometimes broadly elliptic, thinly chartaceousto subcoriaceous and moderately shiny above; lateral nerves in 6–7 main pairs, often impressed above.
Habitat
In mixed evergreen rainforest
Altitude range
1300–2100 m. 2100 1300
Distribution
Malawi S Mulanje Mt., Likhubula-Thuchila Divide (Likubula-Tuchila), fr. 9.vii.1946, Brass 16771 (K; PRE).Mozambique Z Gurué, fr. 18.iii.1966, Torre & Correia 14942 (LISC).Malawi N Chitipa Distr., Misuku Hills, Wilindi Forest Reserve, fl. 16.ix.1970, Müller 1676 (K; 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 5, Part 2, (1998) Author: D. Bridson
Names
Canthium oligocarpum subsp. captum Bullock Bridson [family RUBIACEAE], in F.T.E.A., Rubiaceae: 878 (1991); in Kew Bull. 47: 389 (1992). Type from Tanzania. Canthium captum Bullock [family RUBIACEAE], in Bull. Misc. Inform., Kew 1932: 376 (1932). —Brenan, Check-list For. Trees Shrubs Tang. Terr.: 488 (1949). —Brenan in Mem. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 8: 452 (1954).
Information
Leaf blades 4–11 × 2–4.5 cm, mostly elliptic or sometimes broadly elliptic, thinly chartaceousto subcoriaceous and moderately shiny above; lateral nerves in 6–7 main pairs, often impressed above.
Habitat
In mixed evergreen rainforest
Altitude range
1300–2100 m. 2100 1300
Distribution
Malawi S Mulanje Mt., Likhubula-Thuchila Divide (Likubula-Tuchila), fr. 9.vii.1946, Brass 16771 (K; PRE).Mozambique Z Gurué, fr. 18.iii.1966, Torre & Correia 14942 (LISC).Malawi N Chitipa Distr., Misuku Hills, Wilindi Forest Reserve, fl. 16.ix.1970, Müller 1676 (K; SRGH).
Distribution (external)
Tanzania
Canthium oligocarpum subsp. captum Bullock Bridson [family RUBIACEAE]
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