Pericopsis angolensis (Baker) Meeuwen |
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Family : FABACEAE |
Information on the genus : Pericopsis |
Basionym : Ormosia angolensis Baker |
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Status
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Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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Synonym(s) Homotypic |
Pericopsis angolensis (Baker) Meeuwen f. angolensis |
Ormosia angolensis Baker (1871) |
Afrormosia angolensis (Baker) De Wild. |
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Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
=Afrormosia angolensis var. subtomentosa (De Wild.) Louis |
=Pericopsis angolensis var. subtomentosa (De Wild.) Meeuwen |
=Pericopsis angolensis subsp. subtomentosa (De Wild.) Yakovlev |
=Afrormosia bequaertii De Wild. (1913) |
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Taxon infra-specific |
Pericopsis angolensis f. brasseuriana (De Wild.) Brummitt |
Pericopsis angolensis (Baker) Meeuwen f. angolensis |
Pericopsis angolensis f. intermedia |
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Ecology and distribution |
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Biology : |
Deciduous tree (3-)10-20 m, or large shrub; bole tall, ± crooked, to 1 m Ø; crown rounded; bark smooth, pale grey, flaking off when old in thin scales, leaving reddish brown patches; |
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Ecology : |
Deciduous woodland (Brachystegia or Combretum and Terminalia associations), wooded grassland; in bushy stony places, rather rare (Angola); 700-1700 m alt. (fa. angolensis), 200-750 m (fa. brasseuriana). |
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Variable in size, shape and indumentum of pod, in puhescence of leaves, and in colour of flowers. |
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Comprises 2 forms: - fa. angolensis [syn.: P. angolensis subsp. angolensis fa. intermedia intermedia Yakovl.]; - fa. brasseuriana (De Wild.) Brummitt [syn.: Afrormosia brasseuriana (De Wild.) De Wild.; A. schliebenii Harms; A. angolensis |
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Sometimes confused with Dalbergiella nyassae. |
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More info on : |
see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale |
see under Flora of Mozambique |
see under African Plants - a Photo Guide |
see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
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Record n°128745 modified 2014-08-28 |
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