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Kosteletzkya adoensis Hochst. ex A. Rich. Mast. [family MALVACEAE]
Date Updated: 26 July 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 1, Part 2, page 420, (1961) Author: A. W. Exell
Names
Hibiscus adoensis Hochst. ex A. Rich. [family MALVACEAE], Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 54 (1847). Type as above.
Kosteletzkya adoensis Hochst. ex A. Rich. Mast. [family MALVACEAE], in Oliv., F.T.A. 1: 194 (1868). — Exell & Mendonça, C.F.A. 1, 1: 158 (1937). — Keay, F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 1, 2: 349 (1958). Type from Ethiopia.
Information
Perennial herb or shrub up to 2 m. tall; stems sparsely pilose and with a longitudinal line of hairs changing its radial position at each node. Leaf-lamina 3–6·5 × 3–7·5 cm., ovate in outline, obscurely to shallowly 3–5-lobed, pilose on both surfaces, apex acute, margin crenate-serrate, base cordate 3–5-nerved; petiole 2–5 cm. long; stipules 4–5 mm. long, filiform. Flowers 1–1·5 cm. in diam., pink or purplish, solitary or 2–5-fascicled, axillary or in terminal racemes; peduncle 1–2 cm. long, slender, pubescent. Epicalyx of 7–10 bracts; bracts 3–5 mm. long, narrowly linear. Calyx 4–7 mm. long, 5-lobed, pubescent; lobes ovate-lanceolate, slightly joined at the base. Petals up to 12 × 8 mm., obovate, pubescent. Staminal tube 4·5 mm. long; free parts of filaments 0·5 mm. long. Style-branches 2–2·5 mm. long. Capsule 6–10 mm. in diam., depressed-globose, 5-angled, hispid with long hairs on the angles. Seeds 2 × 1·5 mm., nearly glabrous.
Habitat
In forest clearings, bush and grassland
Range
From Ethiopia and the Sudan to S. Rhodesia, from S. Cameroons to Angola and in Madagascar.
Altitude range
from 1000 to 2350 m.
2350
1000
Distribution
Malawi S Shire Highlands, 1000 m., fr. 1891, Buchanan 561 (BM; K).Zambia S Mumbwa, 1500 m., fl. 1911, Macaulay 729 (K).Malawi N Nyika Plateau, 2350 m., fr. vii.1896, Whyte (K).Zimbabwe E Banti Forest, 1740 m., fl. & fr. 19.viii.1947, Farquhar 21/47 (FHO).Zambia N Abercorn, 1675 m., fl. & fr. 22.v.1952, Siame 57A (BM).
Date Updated: 26 July 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 1, Part 2, page 420, (1961) Author: A. W. Exell
Names
Hibiscus adoensis Hochst. ex A. Rich. [family MALVACEAE], Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 54 (1847). Type as above.
Kosteletzkya adoensis Hochst. ex A. Rich. Mast. [family MALVACEAE], in Oliv., F.T.A. 1: 194 (1868). — Exell & Mendonça, C.F.A. 1, 1: 158 (1937). — Keay, F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 1, 2: 349 (1958). Type from Ethiopia.
Information
Perennial herb or shrub up to 2 m. tall; stems sparsely pilose and with a longitudinal line of hairs changing its radial position at each node. Leaf-lamina 3–6·5 × 3–7·5 cm., ovate in outline, obscurely to shallowly 3–5-lobed, pilose on both surfaces, apex acute, margin crenate-serrate, base cordate 3–5-nerved; petiole 2–5 cm. long; stipules 4–5 mm. long, filiform. Flowers 1–1·5 cm. in diam., pink or purplish, solitary or 2–5-fascicled, axillary or in terminal racemes; peduncle 1–2 cm. long, slender, pubescent. Epicalyx of 7–10 bracts; bracts 3–5 mm. long, narrowly linear. Calyx 4–7 mm. long, 5-lobed, pubescent; lobes ovate-lanceolate, slightly joined at the base. Petals up to 12 × 8 mm., obovate, pubescent. Staminal tube 4·5 mm. long; free parts of filaments 0·5 mm. long. Style-branches 2–2·5 mm. long. Capsule 6–10 mm. in diam., depressed-globose, 5-angled, hispid with long hairs on the angles. Seeds 2 × 1·5 mm., nearly glabrous.
Habitat
In forest clearings, bush and grassland
Range
From Ethiopia and the Sudan to S. Rhodesia, from S. Cameroons to Angola and in Madagascar.
Altitude range
from 1000 to 2350 m.
2350
1000
Distribution
Malawi S Shire Highlands, 1000 m., fr. 1891, Buchanan 561 (BM; K).Zambia S Mumbwa, 1500 m., fl. 1911, Macaulay 729 (K).Malawi N Nyika Plateau, 2350 m., fr. vii.1896, Whyte (K).Zimbabwe E Banti Forest, 1740 m., fl. & fr. 19.viii.1947, Farquhar 21/47 (FHO).Zambia N Abercorn, 1675 m., fl. & fr. 22.v.1952, Siame 57A (BM).
Date Updated: 26 July 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 1, Part 2, page 420, (1961) Author: A. W. Exell
Names
Hibiscus adoensis Hochst. ex A. Rich. [family MALVACEAE], Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 54 (1847). Type as above.
Kosteletzkya adoensis Hochst. ex A. Rich. Mast. [family MALVACEAE], in Oliv., F.T.A. 1: 194 (1868). — Exell & Mendonça, C.F.A. 1, 1: 158 (1937). — Keay, F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 1, 2: 349 (1958). Type from Ethiopia.
Information
Perennial herb or shrub up to 2 m. tall; stems sparsely pilose and with a longitudinal line of hairs changing its radial position at each node. Leaf-lamina 3–6·5 × 3–7·5 cm., ovate in outline, obscurely to shallowly 3–5-lobed, pilose on both surfaces, apex acute, margin crenate-serrate, base cordate 3–5-nerved; petiole 2–5 cm. long; stipules 4–5 mm. long, filiform. Flowers 1–1·5 cm. in diam., pink or purplish, solitary or 2–5-fascicled, axillary or in terminal racemes; peduncle 1–2 cm. long, slender, pubescent. Epicalyx of 7–10 bracts; bracts 3–5 mm. long, narrowly linear. Calyx 4–7 mm. long, 5-lobed, pubescent; lobes ovate-lanceolate, slightly joined at the base. Petals up to 12 × 8 mm., obovate, pubescent. Staminal tube 4·5 mm. long; free parts of filaments 0·5 mm. long. Style-branches 2–2·5 mm. long. Capsule 6–10 mm. in diam., depressed-globose, 5-angled, hispid with long hairs on the angles. Seeds 2 × 1·5 mm., nearly glabrous.
Habitat
In forest clearings, bush and grassland
Range
From Ethiopia and the Sudan to S. Rhodesia, from S. Cameroons to Angola and in Madagascar.
Altitude range
from 1000 to 2350 m.
2350
1000
Distribution
Malawi S Shire Highlands, 1000 m., fr. 1891, Buchanan 561 (BM; K).Zambia S Mumbwa, 1500 m., fl. 1911, Macaulay 729 (K).Malawi N Nyika Plateau, 2350 m., fr. vii.1896, Whyte (K).Zimbabwe E Banti Forest, 1740 m., fl. & fr. 19.viii.1947, Farquhar 21/47 (FHO).Zambia N Abercorn, 1675 m., fl. & fr. 22.v.1952, Siame 57A (BM).
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