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Vitex agelaeifolia var. agelaeifolia var. agelaeifolia

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1a. Vitex agelaeifolia var. agelaeifolia

Vitex phaseolifolia Mildbr. ex W.Piep. (Pieper 1928: 55; 1929: 161); Moldenke (1957: 58); Lebrun & Stork (1997: 525).

– Type: Cameroun, Südkameruner Waldgebiet, vor der Station Ebolowa auf freigeschlagenem Gelände, Mildbraed 7623 (lecto-, designated by Pieper (1929): B†).

Vitex wellensii De Wild.

(De Wildeman 1929a: 19); Moldenke (1958b: 222); Lebrun & Stork (1997: 526).

– Type: D.R. Congo, Kanga, 30 Apr. 1921, Wellens 110 (lecto-: BR barcode BR 0000008905567, designated here), synon. nov .

Amyrmecophilous liana, with quadrangular hollow twigs. Leaflets: 3; 4–5 pairs of secondary veins. Inflorescence thyrsoid. Fruit globose, c. 9 mm in diameter, orangebrown.

Distribution – Wof Central Africa, from Gabon to D.R. Congo.

Note – Lectotypification of Vitex wellensii De Wild. The protologue cites Gillet s.n., Vermoesen 1556, Vermoesen 1652, Wellens 110. All the original material matches the description given there. Wellens 110 is selected because it has well developed inflorescences and De Wildeman’s handwriting on the label.

Notes

Published as part of Meerts, Pierre, 2018, Synopsis of the genus Vitex (Lamiaceae) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, pp. 380-392 in Plant Ecology and Evolution 151 (3) on page 381, DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.2018.1504, http://zenodo.org/record/7664390

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Biodiversity

Collection code
B
Event date
1921-04-30
Family
Lamiaceae
Genus
Vitex
Kingdom
Plantae
Order
Lamiales
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Species
agelaeifolia
Taxon rank
variety
Type status
lectotype
Verbatim event date
1921-04-30

References

  • Pieper W. (1928) Vorarbeiten zu einer Revision der afrikanischen Vitex - Arten mit Berucksichtigung der ubrigen. Botanische Jahrbucher fur Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzenge- ographie 62, Beibl. 141 (" 142 "): 1 - 91 (+ XIII tables).
  • Pieper W. (1929) Neue und noch nicht beschriebene Arten der Gattung Vitex aus Afrika. Feddes Repertorium Specierum no- varum regni vegetabilis 26: 161 - 166. https: // doi. org / 10.1002 / fedr. 19290260704
  • Moldenke H. N. (1957) Materials towards a monograph of the genus Vitex. VIII. Phytologia 6: 13 - 64.
  • Lebrun J. - P., Stork A. (1997) Enumeration des plantes a fleurs d'Afrique. IV. Geneve, Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la ville de Geneve.
  • De Wildeman E. (1929 a) Plantae Bequaertianae 5 (1). Paris, Lechevalier.
  • Moldenke H. N. (1958 b) Materials towards a monograph of the genus Vitex. XI. Phytologia 6: 197 - 231.