Trichoscypha longifolia
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5180184 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A5DC38-FFCA-FFC7-0D9B-FB68FE94FD5A |
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Carolina |
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Trichoscypha longifolia |
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10. Trichoscypha longifolia (Hook. f.) Engl.
Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 1: 425 (1881); Keay in Hutch. & Dalz., Fl. West Trop. Afr., ed. 2, 1: 736 (1958). — Dupuisia ? longifolia Hook. f., Fl. Nigrit.: 287 (1849). — Type: Vogel 160, s.loc., Ƌ fl. (holo-, K).
Tree to 25 m tall, trunk to 30 cm in diam. with clean bole and no buttresses. Leaves 6-9-jugate; leaflets coriaceous, smooth, glabrous, oblonglanceolate, up to 30 × 10 cm, with 13 or more pairs of main lateral nerves, distinct beneath, midrib impressed above. Inflorescence (sub)terminal or borne below the leaves. Flowers (July-Sep.) red-brown, 5(-6) merous, in the male ones stamens shorter than petals. Fruits (Nov.-May) ellipsoid, slightly oblique, laterally compressed, 2.5 × 1.5-2 × ± 1 cm, glabrous, dehiscent (fide Cooper 435). — Figs. 1J View Fig , 9. View Fig
HABITAT AND DISTRIBUTION. — Rain forest of
Sierra Leone and Liberia.
SPECIMENS EXAMINED. — LIBERIA: Baldwin 10236, Zuie , fr. Nov. ( K); Cooper 366, Dukwai R ., Ƌ fl. Sep. ( K); 435, fr. May ( K); Leeuwenberg & Voorhoeve 4921, 32 km N of Kakata, fr. Aug. ( WAG). — SIERRA L EONE : Fox 108, Kangama, fl. b. May ( K); Sawyerr FHK 13572 , Dodo Hills F. R ., fr. Jan. ( K); Thomas 885, Makump, Ƌ fl. July ( K); Vogel 160, s.loc., Ƌ fl. ( K), type .
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