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Phyllanthus reticulatus var. glaber Baill. Müll. Arg. [family EUPHORBIACEAE]

Date Updated: 26 July 2007

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 9, Part 4, (1996) Author: A. Radcliffe-Smith
Names
Phyllanthus reticulatus var. glaber Baill. Müll. Arg. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in Linnaea 32: 12 (1863); in De Candolle, Prodr. 15, 2: 345 (1866). —Hutchinson in F.T.A. 6, 1: 701 (1912); in F.C. 5, 2: 391 (1920). —Engler, Pflanzenw. Afrikas (Veg. Erde 9) 3, 2: 23 (1921). —G.L. Webster in J. Arnold Arbor. 38: 59 (1957). —Keay in F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 1, 2: 387 (1958). —Radcliffe-Smith in F.T.E.A., Euphorb. 1: 36 (1987). Type from Senegal. Phyllanthus polyspermus Schumach. & Thonn. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 416 (1827). Type from Ghana. Kirganelia prieuriana var. glabra Baill. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], Adansonia 1: 83 (1860). Phyllanthus prieurianus var. glaber Baill. Müll. Arg. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in Linnaea 32: 12 (1863). Kirganelia multiflora var. glabra Thwaites [family EUPHORBIACEAE], Enum. Pl. Zeyl.: 282 (1861). Type from Sri Lanka. Phyllanthus nov. spec. Schinz & Junod [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in Mém. Herb. Boissier, No. 10: 46 (1900).
Information
All parts quite glabrous; leaves up to 5 × 3 cm, usually ovate-oblong.
Habitat
In low altitude riverine vegetation, dry mixed deciduous and miombo woodlands, often beside seasonal rivers and streams, sometimes on termitaria
Range
Throughout the Old World tropics, and introduced into the West Indies
Altitude range
610–1370 m. 1370 610
Distribution
Mozambique M Delagoa Bay, fl. 1890, Junod 54 (K; Z).Malawi S Mangochi Distr., Namwera, fr. 23.viii.1976, Pawek 11683 (DAV; K; MAL; MO).Zimbabwe E Chimanimani Distr., Changadzi R., galled male fls. 11.ix.1949, Chase 1757 (BM; K; SRGH).Zimbabwe C Kadoma Distr., Kudu R. Ranch, st. 28.iii.1970, Burrows 434 (SRGH).Mozambique N R. Messala, 68 km Maua–Marrupa R., fl. 14.viii.1981, Jansen, de Koning & de Wilde 287 (K; WAG).Malawi N Mzimba Distr., Mzuzu, fl. 7.xi.1969, Pawek 2950 (K).Zimbabwe W Victoria Falls, st. 24.vii.1950, Robertson & Elffers 40 (K; PRE).Zambia N Munyamadzi R. (Mwunyamazi), Luangwa Valley, fl. & fr. 6.x.1933, Michelmore 644 (K).
Notes
Vernacular names as recorded in specimen data include: “mufanenele” (eastern Mozambique); “nupanenele” (Lúrio); “uncassiri” (KiMwani).Intermediates between var. reticulatus and var. glaber, in which the inflorescence axis is glabrous and the pedicels and calyx lobes pubescent, have been seen from various provinces of Malawi and Mozambique.Phyllanthus reticulatus var. glaber hybridizes with P. ovalifolius to produce the hybrid P. × collium-misuku Radcl.-Sm. in Kew Bull. 47: 680 (1992), type: Malawi, Chitipa Distr. Misuku Hills, near Chuwa R., 27.i.1989, Thompson & Rawlins 6205 (K, holotype).Known only from this collection.
Phyllanthus reticulatus var. glaber Baill. Müll. Arg. [family EUPHORBIACEAE]
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