Garcinia tschapensis
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Ordo: Malpighiales
Familia: Clusiaceae
Genus: Garcinia
Name
Garcinia tschapensis Engl. – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Garcinia tschapensis - Protologue: Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 55: 393 (1919).
Type:
CAMEROON. Genderogebirge, Tschape pass, 1430 m alt., Ledermann 2771. Not located, probably lost at B, no duplicates traced yet, but a sketch of Ledermann 2771 is present at BM.
The protologue states the material concerns a fairly large tree (18‒22 m), with twigs soon rounded, rugose petioles of 1.5‒2 cm long with a distinct foveola, leaf blade coriaceous and shiny, male flowers 4‒7 in a fascicle, pedicel 2.5 cm, white petals, stamens 20, in 4 bundles, fused to halfway, alternating with verrucose disc lobes. The sketch at BM shows large elliptic-obovate leaves with slightly acuminate apex and a fasciculate inflorescence with three flowers on 22–28 mm long pedicels.
Again, this description, as well as the sketch, fit Garcinia smeathmannii and for now we regard it as a synonym of that species.
Taxon Treatment
- Sosef, M; Dauby, G; 2012: Contribution to the taxonomy of Garcinia (Clusiaceae) in Africa, including two new species from Gabon and a key to the Lower Guinean species PhytoKeys, 17: 41-62. doi