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Clerodendrum capitatum var. vanderystii Moldenke 1951

  • 1. Meise Botanic Garden, Nieuwelaan 38, 1860 Meise, Belgium & Herbarium et bibliothèque de botanique africaine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Avenue F. D. Roosevelt 50, CP 244, 1050 Brussels, Belgium & Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles. Service général de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche scientifique, Brussels, Belgium pierre. meerts @ plantentuinmeise. be; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4215 - 027 X

Description

6b. Clerodendrum capitatum var. vanderystii Moldenke (1951: 407; 1985f: 42).

Type:— D.R. CONGO. Ipamu, May 1921, Vanderyst 9418 (holotype: BR0000008929952!).

Differs from the type variety by the following combination of traits: corolla tube glabrous, corolla lobes shorter (6–10 mm) and stamens more shortly exserted (10–15 mm); flower bud glabrous to pubescent, not glandular.

Distribution in Central Africa:—D.R. Congo (only in the south-west).

Distribution elsewhere:—Not known elsewhere; endemic of D.R. Congo.

Habitat:—As the type variety.

Selection of representative specimens:—D.R. CONGO. Mayombe: Bivovolo, 30 July 1923, Wellens 292 (BR!); Bas-Congo: Kimbuba, June 1954, Callens 4574 (BR!); Madiba (Entre Kimbambi et Mpese), 26 April 1960, Compère 2015 (BR!). Kasaï: Kisungu, 21 April 1953, Callens 2113 (BR!), Mapangu, 31 May 1978, Dumont 225 (BR!), Madibi, 9 June 1904, Lescrauwaet 87 (BR!).

Note:—Specimens with glabrous corolla tube are occasionally found elsewhere in W Africa; however, they generally have long corolla lobes and long stamens.

Notes

Published as part of Meerts, Pierre, 2023, The genus Clerodendrum (Lamiaceae) in the flora of Central Africa (D. R. Congo, Rwanda, Burundi), pp. 1-42 in Phytotaxa 594 (1) on page 10, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.594.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7864827

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Lamiaceae
Genus
Clerodendrum
Kingdom
Plantae
Order
Lamiales
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Scientific name authorship
Moldenke
Species
vanderystii
Taxon rank
variety
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Clerodendrum capitatum var. vanderystii Moldenke, 1951 sec. Meerts, 2023

References

  • Moldenke, H. N. (1951) Notes on new and noteworthy plants XII. Phytologia 3 (8): 406 - 447. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 10094
  • Moldenke, H. N. (1985 f) Notes on the genus Clerodendrum (Verbenaceae). XI. Phytologia 58 (7): 432 - 462. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 21034