Vitex rubroaurantiaca De Wild.
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https://doi.org/ 10.5091/plecevo.2018.1504 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7643205 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D15322-0058-1E47-FC8C-515BFA9DFADC |
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Diego |
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Vitex rubroaurantiaca De Wild. |
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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.
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Vitex rubroaurantiaca De Wild.
Meerts, Pierre 2018 |
Vitex duboisii
Lebrun J. - P. & Stork A. 1997: 524 |
Moldenke H. N. 1955: 327 |
Moldenke H. N. 1952: 60 |
Vitex lebrunii
Lebrun J. - P. & Stork A. 1997: 525 |
Moldenke H. N. 1956: 435 |
Moldenke H. N. 1952: 62 |
Vitex lebrunii
Lebrun J. - P. & Stork A. 1997: 525 |
Moldenke H. N. 1956: 435 |
Moldenke H. N. 1952: 62 |