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Phyllanthus confusus Brenan [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 confusus Brenan [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in Mem. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 9, 1: 68 (1954). —Jean F. Brunel, Phyllanthus Afr. Intertrop. Mad.: 396 (1987), unpublished thesis. Type: Malawi, Mulanje Mt., Lichenya Plateau, male, female fl. & fr. 27.vi.1946, Brass 16472 (K, holotype; NY). Phyllanthus rotundifolius var. leucocalyx [family EUPHORBIACEAE], sensu Baker f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 4: 38 (1894), non Müll. Arg. Phyllanthus hutchinsonianus [family EUPHORBIACEAE], sensu Hutch. in F.T.A. 6, 1: 718 (1912), pro parte, quoad spec. nyasica, non S. Moore. Phyllanthus sp. 1 [family EUPHORBIACEAE], Brenan, in Mem. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 9, 1: 69 (1954). Phyllanthus brenanianus Jean F. Brunel [family EUPHORBIACEAE], Phyllanthus Afr. Intertrop. Mad.: 392 (1987), unpublished thesis. Based on Brass 16571 (BR; K; NY; PRE), Malawi, Mulanje Mt., Lichenya Plateau, fr. 1.vii.1946.
Information
Very like Phyllanthushutchinsonianus, but with shorter internodes on the lateral shoots; smaller leaves with blades 1–11 × 0.5–5 mm, oblong to elliptic-oblong, membranaceous, not or scarcely thickened on the margins, lateral nerves usually not visible above, scarcely so beneath; female pedicels 1–3 mm long; female sepals accrescent to 2–3 × 1 mm, elliptic-oblong, not enfolding the fruit; fruit 2 × 3 mm; and seeds 1.2 × 1.1 × 1 mm.
Habitat
Locally abundant on and amongst rocks, on rocky slopes and seepage slopes, in submontane grassland with scattered shrubs, and at stream and forest margins, also in Pinus patula plantations and pathsides
Range
Endemic to Mt. Mulanje
Altitude range
1200–2750 m. 2750 1200
Distribution
Malawi S Mt. Mulanje, Litchenya Plateau, male fl. 25.vi.1946, Brass 16426 (BM; K; NY; SRGH).
Phyllanthus confusus Brenan [family EUPHORBIACEAE]
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