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Dorstenia cuspidata var. cuspidata [family MORACEAE]

Date Updated: 26 July 2007

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 9, Part 6, page 13, (1991) Author: C. C. Berg
Names
Dorstenia gourmaensis var. floribunda A. Chev. [family MORACEAE], in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 58, Mém. 8d: 207 (1912). Type from Burkina Fasso. Dorstenia walleri var. minor Rendle [family MORACEAE], in F.T.A. 6, 2: 68 (1916). Type as for Dorstenia unyikae. Dorstenia caulescens Schweinf. ex Engl. [family MORACEAE], Bot. Jahrb. 20: 144 (1894) non L. (1753). Type from Sudan. Dorstenia unyikae Engl. & Warb. [family MORACEAE], Bot. Jahrb. 30: 291 (1901). Type from Tanzania. Dorstenia walleri Hemsley [family MORACEAE], in Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 14: 178 (1893).—Rendle in F.T.A. 6, 2: 68 (1916).—Peter in F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 1: 599 (1958). Type: a plant cultivated at Kew from seeds collected by Buchanan in Malawi, Shire Highlands, Nakatupa, (K, holotype). Dorstenia cuspidata var. cuspidata [family MORACEAE], —Hijman in Kew Bull.45: 362 (1990). Dorstenia tetractis Peter [family MORACEAE], in Fedde, Repert., Beih. 40, 2: 80, Descr.: 8, t. 10, fig. 1 (1932). Type from Tanzania. Dorstenia gourmaensis A. Chev. [family MORACEAE], in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 58, Mém. 8d: 207 (1912). Type from Burkina Fasso. Dorstenia quarrei De Wild. & Staner [family MORACEAE], Contr. Fl. Katanga, Suppl. 4: 106 (1932). Type from Zaire.
Information
Succulent herbs to 40 cm. tall, stems erect from globose or discoid tubers 1–4 cm. across. Leaves with 8–12(25 in linear leaves) pairs of lateral veins. Receptacle broadly turbinate, stellately lobed with (3)4–8(14) lobes, and (3)4–8(14) appendages up to 40 mm. long.
Habitat
Deciduous or miombo woodland and riverine vegetation, on rocky outcrops and dambo margins, often on termitaria
Range
from Sudan to Senegal
Altitude range
up to 1500 m. 1500 0 inferred only top
Distribution
Mozambique Z Quelimane Distr., Moebede road, 26.xi.1948, Faulkner 330 (BR; K).Malawi S River Shire, near Liwonde Ferry, 13.iii.1955, Exell, Mendonça & Wild 846 (LISC; SRGH).Malawi C Dedza Distr., Mua-Livulez For. Res., Kamwanje Stream, 5.i.1965, Banda 598 (K; SRGH).Zambia S Kalomo Distr., Kasakwi Forest, Simamba, Sichifulo Controlled Area, 11.ii.1965, Mitchell 26/10 (K; SRGH).Zambia E Sasare, Copper Mine, 9.xii.1958, Robson 874 (K).Zambia C Lusaka-Kabwe road, 19.ii.1982, Berg & Bingham 1380 (K; U).Zambia W Copperbelt, Mpongwe-Lake Kashiha road, 23.ii.1982, Berg & Bingham 1396 (K; U).Zambia N Chinsali Distr., Machipara Hill, Shiwa-Ngandu, 16.i.1959, Richards 10681 (BR; EA; K; LISC).Mozambique N Ribáuè, 27.i. 1964, Torre & Paiva 10259 (LISC).Malawi N Mzimba Distr., Lunyangwa R., c. 1.6 km. SW. on cut off to M1 from Mzuzu, 18.i.1978, Pawek 13595 (K).Zimbabwe N Guruve Distr., Semhenheka, c. 11 km. S. of Guruve, 9.xii. 1970, Mavi 1197 (K; LISC; SRGH).Zambia B Mongu, Lealui, Likone For. Res., Mongu to Kaoma, mile 30, 26.xii.1952, White 2140 (FHO; K).
Distribution (external)
Tanzania Ethiopia
Dorstenia cuspidata var. cuspidata [family MORACEAE]
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