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Phyllanthus mafingensis Radcl.-Sm. [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 mafingensis Radcl.-Sm. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in Kew Bull. 51, 2: 308 (1996). Type: Malawi, Chitipa Distr., Mafinga Mts., north end of ridge, fl. & fr. 2.iii.1982, Brummitt, Polhill & Banda 16263 (K, holotype; BR; C; LISC; MAL; MO; SRGH).
Information
Very like Phyllanthus nyikae, but the plants procumbent with indumentum composed of simple papillae; scale leaves swollen and blackened at the base, not strongly reflexed; male disk glands not lobulate; female disk collar-like, pentagonal; and the ovary stipitate.
Habitat
On rock outcrops in submontane grassland
Range
Endemic to the Mafinga Mts. Known only from the type
Altitude range
2340 m.
2340
2340
Distribution
Malawi N Chitipa Distr., Mafinga Mts., north end of ridge, male & female fl. & fr. 2.iii.1982, Brummitt, Polhill & Banda 16263 (BR; C; K; LISC; MAL; MO; SRGH).
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 mafingensis Radcl.-Sm. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in Kew Bull. 51, 2: 308 (1996). Type: Malawi, Chitipa Distr., Mafinga Mts., north end of ridge, fl. & fr. 2.iii.1982, Brummitt, Polhill & Banda 16263 (K, holotype; BR; C; LISC; MAL; MO; SRGH).
Information
Very like Phyllanthus nyikae, but the plants procumbent with indumentum composed of simple papillae; scale leaves swollen and blackened at the base, not strongly reflexed; male disk glands not lobulate; female disk collar-like, pentagonal; and the ovary stipitate.
Habitat
On rock outcrops in submontane grassland
Range
Endemic to the Mafinga Mts. Known only from the type
Altitude range
2340 m.
2340
2340
Distribution
Malawi N Chitipa Distr., Mafinga Mts., north end of ridge, male & female fl. & fr. 2.iii.1982, Brummitt, Polhill & Banda 16263 (BR; C; K; LISC; MAL; MO; SRGH).
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 mafingensis Radcl.-Sm. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in Kew Bull. 51, 2: 308 (1996). Type: Malawi, Chitipa Distr., Mafinga Mts., north end of ridge, fl. & fr. 2.iii.1982, Brummitt, Polhill & Banda 16263 (K, holotype; BR; C; LISC; MAL; MO; SRGH).
Information
Very like Phyllanthus nyikae, but the plants procumbent with indumentum composed of simple papillae; scale leaves swollen and blackened at the base, not strongly reflexed; male disk glands not lobulate; female disk collar-like, pentagonal; and the ovary stipitate.
Habitat
On rock outcrops in submontane grassland
Range
Endemic to the Mafinga Mts. Known only from the type
Altitude range
2340 m.
2340
2340
Distribution
Malawi N Chitipa Distr., Mafinga Mts., north end of ridge, male & female fl. & fr. 2.iii.1982, Brummitt, Polhill & Banda 16263 (BR; C; K; LISC; MAL; MO; SRGH).
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