Vitex rubroaurantiaca De Wild.

Meerts, Pierre, 2018, Synopsis of the genus Vitex (Lamiaceae) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Plant Ecology and Evolution 151 (3), pp. 380-392 : 389

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5091/plecevo.2018.1504

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7643205

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D15322-0058-1E47-FC8C-515BFA9DFADC

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scientific name

Vitex rubroaurantiaca De Wild.
status

 

16. Vitex rubroaurantiaca De Wild. View in CoL

( De Wildeman 1929a: 15, as “ rubro­aurantiaca ”).

– Type: D.R. Congo, entre Masisi et Walikale, 3 Jan. 1915, forêt vierge, Bequaert 6469 (lecto-: BR barcode BR 0000008906236, designated here ; isolecto-: BR barcode BR 0000008906175) .

Vitex duboisii Moldenke ( Moldenke 1952: 60) View in CoL ; Moldenke (1955b: 327); Lebrun & Stork (1997: 524).

– Type: D.R. Congo, Kutu, Ekota territ., Tshuapa distr., Sept. 1934, Dubois 608 (holo-: BR barcode BR 0000008906182 ; iso-: BR barcode BR 0000008906199), synon. nov .

Vitex lebrunii Moldenke ( Moldenke 1952: 62) View in CoL ; Moldenke (1956: 435); Lebrun & Stork (1997: 525).

– Type: D.R. Congo, Entre Walikale et Koleke, Mar. 1932, Lebrun 5303 (holo-: BR barcode BR 0000008905581 ; iso-: BR barcode BR 0000008905604, Kbarcode K 000192764, Pbarcode P 00464225), synon. nov .

A shrub, generally blackening in herbarium, almost glabrous in all its parts. Leaves 5-foliolate; petiolule 1–15 mm, lamina narrowly elliptic-oblanceolate, long attenuate at base, acuminate, 5–10 secondary veins. Inflorescence of dichasia, few-flowered, much shorter then subtending leaf, peduncle <30 mm, branches puberulous, compressed; calyx 2–3.5 mm, sparsely puberulous, corolla orange or whitish, 10–12 mm. Fruit c. 22 mm long, yellow.

Distribution – Endemic to D.R. Congo.

Notes – The type specimens of Vitex duboisii De Wild. and Vitex lebrunii Moldenke show the characteristic traits of Vitex rubroaurantiaca , i.e. glabrous leaves blackening in herbarium, very short peduncle, few-flowered inflorescence, yellow fruits.

Lectotypification of Vitex rubroaurantiaca De Wild. One gatheringiscitedintheprotologue (Bequaert 6469), represented in BR by two isotypes (BR barcodes BR0000008906236 & BR0000008906175). Iselect the sheet with De Wildeman’s handwriting on the label as the lectotype.

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Lamiaceae

Genus

Vitex

Loc

Vitex rubroaurantiaca De Wild.

Meerts, Pierre 2018
2018
Loc

Vitex duboisii

Lebrun J. - P. & Stork A. 1997: 524
Moldenke H. N. 1955: 327
Moldenke H. N. 1952: 60
1952
Loc

Vitex lebrunii

Lebrun J. - P. & Stork A. 1997: 525
Moldenke H. N. 1956: 435
Moldenke H. N. 1952: 62
1952
Loc

Vitex lebrunii

Lebrun J. - P. & Stork A. 1997: 525
Moldenke H. N. 1956: 435
Moldenke H. N. 1952: 62
1952
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