Combretum umbricola Engler

Jongkind, Carel C. H., 2014, Notes on African Combretum Loefl. species (Combretaceae), Adansonia (3) 36 (2), pp. 315-327 : 325-326

Combretum umbricola Engler

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Abhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin: 17 (1894); Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete: 288 (1895); Engler & Diels, Monographieen afrikanischer Pflanzen Familien und Gattungen 3: 23, table 5d (1899); Liben, Flore du Congo, du Rwanda et du Burundi, Combretaceae : 56 (1968); Wickens, Flora of East Tropical Africa, Combretaceae : 20 (1973); Exell, Flora Zambesiaca 4: 111 (1978). — Type: Tanzania, Tanga Distr., Doda, fl., VI.1893, Holst 2965 (holo-, B, destroyed; lecto-, K, designated here; iso-, HBG, M; fragm. & photo: BR).

Combretum tanaense J.J.Clark, Kew Bulletin: 263 (1911); Wickens, Flora of East Tropical Africa, Combretaceae : 20 (1973), syn. nov.

NOTE

Recently collected specimens bridge the gap between the two former species and show that there is only one species involved. After including the new synonym, and several newly identified specimens,the distribution of this species stretches now from Sudan to Mozambique and from 1500 m altitude to sea level ( Fig. 9 ) .

Figures

FIG. 9. — Distribution map of Combretum umbricola Engler showing the location of the specimens formerly assigned to Combretum tanaense (arrows).