Hildebrandtia aloysii

Nomenclature

Accepted name/Authority/Place of publication: 

Hildebrantia aloysii (Chiov.) Sebsebe comb. nov. in Kew Bull. 51(3): 525–541 (1996)

Synonyms: 

SabaudiellaaloysiiChiov. in Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. n.s. 36: 366 (1929); Verdc. in KewBull. 14(3): 335 (1960), 17(2): 229 - 231 (1963).

Description

Habit: 
Erect shrub up to 2.5 m high. Branches grey to dark brown, glabrous in older parts, pubescent when young.
Leaves: 
Solitary or fasciculate, 2 – 5 together on short pubescent shoots; lamina obovate, 4 – 20 x 3 – 12 mm, rounded, shallowly to deeply emarginate at the apex, cuneate at the base, glabrous to puberulous when young; 2 – 3 lateral veins; petiole 1 – 4 mm long.
Inflorescences: 
Flowers solitary or fasciculate, 2 or 3 together on short pubescent lateral shoots.
Flowers: 
Male flowers: pedicel 0.5 mm long. Sepals 4, unequal, two outer segments oblong, 2.5 x 1 mm, two inner segments elliptic, 2 x 0.6 mm. Corolla greenish yellow, 7 mm long, tube 4.5 mm long, 4-lobed. Stamens 4, slightly unequal, two 4 mm long, and two 3 mm long; anthers 1.5 – 1.7 mm long. Pistillode with 2 styles c. 6 mm long each with branched stigma lobes. Female flowers: Pedicel 10 – 15 mm long, elongating to 22 mm long in fruit. Sepals 4, unequal, two outer segments fused to form a circular cup, whitish cream or yellowish green, glabrous, 14 – 18 mm wide and 10 mm deep, conspicuously reticulately veined; two inner segments small, obovate, 0.6 – 1 x 0.8 – 1.3 mm. Fruiting calyx segments usually fused for more than two thirds of their length on the sides, 10 – 35 mm wide and 10 – 13 mm deep, attached to the pedicel on top or fused for 1 – 2 mm, rarely 4 mm, 10 – 13 mm deep; two inner segments, suborbicular, 0.7 – 1 x 0.5 – 1 mm. Corolla 6 – 7.5 mm long, tube 3 – 4 mm long, 4-lobed, each lobe 3 – 4 x 2.5 mm, sparingly pilose on the outside or only at tips. Ovary 2-locular, with 2 ovules in each locule. Styles 2, free, 2.5 – 3.5 mm long with branched stigmas. Staminodes 4, dilated at the base, two 4.5 mm long, and two c. 3.5 mm long.
Pollen: 
Not recorded
Fruits: 
Capsule globose to ovoid, 4 - 6 mm long, 4-valved, 2 – 4-seeded.
Seeds: 
Ovoid-trigonous, dark brown, minutely reticulate, 3 x 2.5 mm.

Biogeography, Ecology and Natural History

Distribution Map: 
Ecology: 

Acacia-Commiphora-Combretum-Terminalia woodland on rocky limestone slopes; open Acacia scrub on black cotton soil; degraded Acacia-Commiphora bushland on extensive orange-brown silty plains; 810 - 1520 m.

Phenology: 


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Authorship for webpage

Editor: 
Javier A Luna, Mark A. Carine, Sebsebe Demissew
Contributors: 
Acknowledgements: 
This species page was produced as part of the project 'Expanding the scope of African Digital Plant Resources' funded by the World Collections Programme.
Classification: 
Tue, 2011-08-16 12:46 -- Esmond
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