Leucas stormsii Gürke var. parviflora Bramley

Meerts, Pierre, 2022, New identifications of Lamiaceae (Lamioideae and Scutellarioideae) from D. R. Congo, Rwanda and Burundi, Bothalia (a 9) 52 (1), pp. 1-7 : 4

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.38201/btha.abc.v52.i1.9
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scientific name	Leucas stormsii Gürke var. parviflora Bramley
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Distribution: D.R. Congo, Tanzania, Zambia.

Habitat: Julbernardia and Brachystegia woodlands; alt. 850–2300 m in D. R. Congo, alt. 850– 1000 m elsewhere .

Specimens examined: D. R. CONGO: Haut-Katanga: Sokele , 09°55’S, 24°36’E, alt. 950 m, Apr. 1950, Desenfans 246 ( BRLU); Marungu, Kisinde, 07°21’S, 29°52’E, alt. 2300 m, savane, au bord des chemins, Dubois 1215 ( BR); Route Mukoro-Pweto, between 09°10’S, 28°20’E and 08°28’S, 28°54’E, alt.± 1000 m, forêt claire à Ju - lbernardia globiflora, 24 Jun. 1957, Duvigneaud 3672 GoogleMaps B (BRLU); Dubie, 08°34’S, 28°31’E, forêt à Brachystegia bussei sur colline rocheuse, 24 Jun. 1957, Duvigneaud 3676 ( BRLU); Pweto , 08°28’S, 28°54’E, alt. 960 m, savane arborée à sol pierreux, 18 Apr. 1926, Robyns 2027 ( BR) GoogleMaps .

Discussion: This variety is characterized by shorter a calyx and corolla and a slenderer habit than the type variety. It was said to occur in D.R. Congo by Paton et al. (2013), but no specimen was cited. Its presence is confirmed here, based on five collections of which four in the E of Haut-Katanga, at short distance from the nearest localities in Tanzania.