Hypselodelphys velutina Jongkind, 2008
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.4601941 |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4602521 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BA488451-7B25-FFF3-FF25-FBF3FF38FEF3 |
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treatment provided by |
Carolina |
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scientific name |
Hypselodelphys velutina Jongkind |
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sp. nov. |
Hypselodelphys velutina Jongkind View in CoL , sp. nov.
( Figs 4 View FIG ; 5 View FIG )
A Hypselodelphyde poggeana (K.Schum.) Milne-Redh. differt indumento confertim velutino in pagina extra bractearum et in internodiis inflorescentiae.
TYPUS. — Liberia. Grand Cape Mount, in MMAL mine area, on slope of the mine, 14.II.1970 , J. W. A. Jansen 1846 (holo-, WAG; iso-, BR, MO).
PARATYPES. — Sierra Leone. Mt Leicester , V .1857, Barter s.n. ( K). — Kangahun , 7.II.1953, Deighton 6020 ( K, P). — Lake Sonfon, 14.II.1966, Gledhill 446 ( K). — Près Kania, vers Mt Loma, 27. I .1966, Jaeger 9102 ( K). — Piémont W Loma , II.1966, Jaeger 9181 ( P). — Gbinti, Dibia, 4.II.1955, H . D. Jordan 988 ( K). — Tingi Mountains , on main plateau near camp, 12.IV.1965, Morton & Gledhill SL 1857 ( K, WAG). — Koyema, N Kono , foot of Tingi Hills, 12.IV.1965, Morton & Gledhill SL 1960 ( K, WAG). — Kennema, 20. I .1914, N. W . Thomas 7748 ( K) .
Liberia. Nimba, 3.II.1965, J . G . Adam 20826 ( K) . — Nimba, I .1970, Blyden 935 ( WAG). — Duport, c. 8 miles E of Monrovia, 2.XI.1966, Bos 2304 ( WAG). — 19 miles E of Bomi Hills , along the road to Bopulu , 13.II.1969, J . W . A. Jansen 1542 ( MO, WAG). — E slope of Putu Hills East Range, W of Tiama Town , 31. V .2005, Jongkind, Kwewon & Kpadeyeah 6544 ( WAG)
Côte d’Ivoire. Mount Tonkoui , 9.II.1961, H . C . D. de Wit 9150 ( WAG). — Mount Tonkoui , 30.III.2000, Jongkind, Hawthorne & Assi-Yapo 4839 ( WAG) .
DESCRIPTION
Liana scrambling up to 10 m high in vegetation. Leaves slightly asymmetric; blade very variable in size, 2.2-11 × 5-25 cm, with some hairs close to the midrib beneath but otherwise glabrous.Inflorescence terminal, simple or branched at base, up to 12 cm long, with internodes c. 5 mm long with the surface hiding beneath a dense cover of half-erect short hairs; bracts 1.7-2 cm long, dense velutinous on the outside.Flower white, sometimes with yellow and violet, more or less equal to the flowers of the other species in the genus.Fruit yellow and green, three-lobed with rounded corners, muricate, with 3 large seeds.
HABITAT AND DISTRIBUTION
Wet evergreen forest from Sierra Leone to Côte d’Ivoire ( Fig. 3 View FIG ).
REMARKS
The habit of Hypselodelphys triangularis is principally the same as that of H. velutina as shown in the Figure 4 View FIG .
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University of the Witwatersrand |
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Naturhistorisches Museum Wien |
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Harvard University - Arnold Arboretum |
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Royal British Columbia Museum - Herbarium |
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Royal Botanic Gardens |
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Museum National d' Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN) - Vascular Plants |
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"Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University |
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University of Helsinki |
| WAG |
Wageningen University |
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Nanjing University |
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Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève |
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh |
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Missouri Botanical Garden |
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University of Copenhagen |
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