Stuhlmannia
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Ordo: Fabales
Familia: Leguminosae
Name
Stuhlmannia Taub., Engler, Pflanzenw. Ost.-Afr. C: 201. 1895 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
Type
Stuhlmannia moavi Taub.
Description
Unarmed trees, to 25 m tall; bark brown, fissured and fibrous; young shoots eglandular or with small red glands. Stipules not seen. Leaves alternate, pinnate or bipinnate and then ending in a pair of pinnae, (1.5–) 5–11 (– 20 cm) long, pinnae in (1–) 2–10 pairs per leaf, with reddish glands; leaflets in 3–12 pairs per pinna, opposite to sub-opposite, elliptic, 7–75 (– 120) × 3–30 (– 60) mm, obtuse at the base and apex, glabrous, eglandular or with red glands on the lower surface. Inflorescence a 2–11 cm long, terminal or axillary raceme; pedicels 3–13 mm long. Flowers bisexual, sub-actinomorphic; calyx comprising a hypanthium and 5 sepals, these 5–6.5 mm long, valvate in bud, caducous; petals 5, free, yellow, the median petal with red markings, obovate, 9–12 × 3–6 mm, apex rounded, median petal slightly smaller than the others; stamens 10, free, 5.5–8 mm long, filaments pubescent; ovary stipitate, with red sessile glands, glabrous to pubescent. Fruit a flattened, oblong, woody, elliptic pod with an acuminate apex, 4.5–6 × 1.5–2 cm, dehiscing along both sutures, valves twisting, glabrous to thinly puberulous. Seeds flattened, sub-circular to ovate, c. 10–13 × 8–9 mm, brown.
Geographic distribution
A monospecific genus in E Africa (Kenya and Tanzania) and N Madagascar.
Habitat
Seasonally dry tropical forest, woodland on limestone and in riverine forest.
Etymology
Named by Taubert for the German naturalist Franz Ludwig Stuhlmann (1863–1928).
References
Brenan (1967[1]: 45–47); Capuron (1967[2], under Caesalpinia insolita); Lewis (1996)[3]; Du Puy and Rabevohitra (2002[4]: 48, 50, under Caesalpinia insolita); Lemmens (2010)[5].
Taxon Treatment
- Gagnon, E; Bruneau, A; Hughes, C; de Queiroz, L; Lewis, G; 2016: A new generic system for the pantropical Caesalpinia group (Leguminosae) PhytoKeys, (71): 1-160. doi
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Other References
- ↑ Brenan J (1967) Leguminosae, part 2: subfamily Caesalpinioideae. In: Milne-Redhead E Polhill R (Eds) Flora of Tropical East Africa. Crown Agents for Oversea Goverments and Administration, London.
- ↑ Capuron R (1967) Deux Caesalpinia nouveaux pour Madagascar. Adansonia (série 2) 7(2): 199–205.
- ↑ Lewis G (1996) Notes on Stuhlmannia Taub. and the correct placement of Caesalpinia insolita (Harms) Brenan & J.B. Gillett (Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae: Caesalpinieae). Kew Bulletin 51(2): 377–379. doi: 10.2307/4119334
- ↑ Du Puy D, Rabevohitra R (2002) Tribe Caesalpinieae. In: Du Puy D Labat J Rabevohitra R Villiers J Bosser J Moat J (Eds) The Leguminosae of Madagascar. Kew Royal Botanic Gardens, Richmond, 20–59.
- ↑ Lemmens R (2010) Stuhlmannia moavi Taub. In: Lemmens R Louppe D Oteng-Amoako A (Eds) PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa / Ressources végétales de l’Afrique tropicale). Wageningen, Netherlands. http://www.prota4u.org/protav8.asp?en=1&p=Stuhlmannia+moavi [accessed 15.05.2015]
