Trichoschypha imbricata Engl., 2004

Breteler, F. J., 2004, The genus Trichoscypha (Anacardiaceae) in Lower Guinea and Congolia: A synoptic revision, Adansonia (3) 26 (1), pp. 97-127 : 111

8. Trichoschypha imbricata Engl.

Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 1: 426 (1881).

— Type: Mann 928, Equatorial Guinea /Gabon, Gaboon R. , ♂ fl. 1861 (holo-, K!; iso-, P!).

Trichoscypha nigra Lecomte , Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 52: 653 (1905). — Type: Klaine 1005, 1051, 1193, near Libreville (syn-, P); lecto-, designated here, Klaine 1005, fl. July 1897 ( P!).

Shrub, lianescent shrub or liana. Leaves coriaceous, (1-)3-7(-9)-foliolate; folioles densely and minutely pustulate above, usually less apparently so beneath, glabrous above, usually except for the impressed midrib, glabrous to sparsely appressedpuberulous beneath. Flowers (July-Aug.) (sub)sessile, pale-green. Petals erect to somewhat spreading, c. 1.5 mm long; stamens ≤ petals; disc hispid. Fruits (Sep.-Nov.) sparsely appressedpuberulous, subglobose to ellipsoid, dark-red at maturity, c. 1.5-2.5 × 1.2-1.5 cm. Pulp juicy; cotyledons ± white on section. — Figs 1G ; 4.

HABITAT AND DISTRIBUTION. — In coastal scrub on sandy soil, from the southern border of Equatorial Guinea to southern Gabon. Alt. 0- 10 m.

SPECIMENS EXAMINED. — EQUATORIAL GUINEA /GABON: Mann 928, Gaboon R., fl. ( K!, P!). — GABON: Breteler & Van Raalte 5534, 15 km SE Port Gentil, fr. Sep. ( BR!, LBV, WAG!) ; Breteler et al. 14477, Nyanga R., S of Gamba, fl. July ( LBV, WAG!) ; Breteler et al. 14491, Gamba, fl. July ( LBV, WAG!) ; Breteler et al. 14600, Gamba, fr. Nov. ( LBV, WAG!) ; Breteler et al. 14636, Gamba, fr. Nov. ( WAG!) ; Fleury 26719, near Cap Lopez, fr. Sep. ( P!) ; Klaine 230, Libreville, fl. b. July ( P!) ; Klaine 233, Libreville, fl. July ( P!, WAG!) ; Klaine 1005, Libreville, fl. July ( P!) ; Klaine 1051, Libreville, fl. Aug. ( P!) ; Klaine 1024, Libreville, fl. Aug. ( P!, WAG!) ; Klaine 1193, Libreville, fr. ( P!) ; Le Testu 1771, Mayumba, fl. Aug. ( BM!, P!, WAG!) ; Reitsma c.s. 1262, 25 km N of Libreville, fl. July ( LBV!, WAG!) ; Wieringa 1163, Gamba, fl. b. June ( WAG!).

Figures

FIG. 1. — Flowers of Trichoscypha species, one petal removed: A, T. acuminata Engl.; B, T. arborea (A. Chev.) A. Chev.; C, T. bijuga Engl.; D, T. bracteata Breteler; E, T. engong Engl. & Brehmer; F, T. hallei Breteler; G, T. imbricata Engl.; H, T. laxiflora Engl.; I, T. lucens Oliv. A1, Breteler 15670; A2, Sosef et al. 516; A3, Breteler 15680; B1, Van der Burg 766; B2, J.J. de Wilde 311; C1, Stoop-van de Kasteele 210; C2, Beentje 889; D, Walker s.n.; E1, Mildbraed 5391; E2, Wilks 3519; F, N. Hallé 2822; G1, Breteler et al. 14477; G2, Breteler et al. 14491; H1, Bos 4981; H2, Van Andel et al. 3959; I1, de Koning 3909; I2, Beentje 875. Drawing by H. DE VRIES.

FIG. 4. — Distribution of Trichoscypha species 2, 4-9, 12.