Weinmannia sect. Spicata Bernardi

Bradford, Jason C., 2001, to the classification and identification of Weinmannia (Cunoniaceae) in Madagascar and the Comoro Islands, Adansonia (3) 23 (2), pp. 237-246 : 245

Weinmannia sect. Spicata Bernardi

Flowers sessile; seeds comose, only rarely seed surface with indumentum throughout. species-group E. — Weinmannia lucens Baker ,

W. minutiflora Baker , W. comorensis Tul. ,

W. baehniana Bernardi.

Spikes borne in leaf axils, flowers borne in clus-

ters that remain in axil of bract, nectary com-

posed of more or less distinct segments. species-group F. — Weinmannia hildebrandtii Baill. ,

W. icacifolia Bernardi , W. marojejyensis J.S. Mill. &

J.C. Bradford, W. rakotomalazana J.C. Bradford.

Spikes borne in IMs, flowers initiated in groups

that dissociate from bract, nectary annular and

thin or composed of more or less distinct segments. species-group G. — Species are listed within the

key given below. Spikes borne in IMs, flowers

borne solitarily and usually dissociate from axil

of bract, nectary usually annular and thin.

1. Leaves unifoliolate .................................................................................................................................... 2

1’. Leaves imparipinnate ................................................................................................................................ 3

2. Ovaries glabrous ................................................................................................ W. humbertiana Bernardi

2’. Ovaries pubescent ........................................................................................................................................ ...... W. bojeriana Tul. , W. mammea Bernardi , W. pauciflora, J.C. Bradford , W. integrifolia J.C. Bradford

3. Ovaries glabrous ................................................................................................................ W. decora Tul.

3’. Ovaries pubescent .................................................................................................................................... 4

4. Hairs on seeds restricted to ends ................................................................................ W. humblottii Baill., ...................... W. sanguisugarum Bernardi , W. arguta (Bernardi) J.C. Bradford , W. venosa J.C. Bradford

4’. Hairs on seeds widely distributed .............................................. W. eriocarpa Tul. , W. stenostachya Baker