| Rhaphiostylis beninensis (Hook.f. ex Planch.) Planch. ex Benth. |
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| Family : ICACINACEAE |
| Protologue : Niger Fl.: 259 (1849) |
| Information on the genus : Rhaphiostylis |
| Basionym : Apodytes beninensis Hook.f. ex Planch. |
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Status
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Homotypic |
 Apodytes beninensis Hook.f. ex Planch. (1848) |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Rhaphiostylis zenkeri Engl. (1909) |
| =Rhaphiostylis latifolia Pierre (1897) |
| =Rhaphiostylis scandens Engl. (1909) |
| =Rhaphiostylis jollyana Pierre (1897) |
| =Ptychopetalum cuspidatum R.E.Fr. (1914) |
| =Rhaphiostylis stuhlmannii Engl. (1893) |
| =Rhaphiostylis heudelotii Planch. ex Miers |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Evergreen glabrous ± straggling shrub or liane 10-15 m tall, rarely a tree 5-8 m; bark smooth, dark grey; young branchlets reddish-brown, becoming grey; leaves alternate, elliptic-lanceolate; flowers white, fragrant, numerous in ± axillary fascicles[…] |
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see more in the book |
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| Ecology : |
Rain-forest with Diospyros abyssinica, Garcinia buchananii, Uvariopsis congoensis, Turraea floribunda, Manilkara etc.; rain-forest with Albizia, Macaranga, Croton, Ocotea, forest edge; evergreen bushland and thicket, semi-deciduous thicket,[…] |
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Very variable in size and shape of leaves (5-15 x 2-8 cm) and in number of flowers per inflorescence. |
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In Kenya: collected once in Shimba Hills (K7). |
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Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- Checklist Flow. Pl. Sub-Saharan Africa : 383 (2006).
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
| see under Flora of Mozambique |
| see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
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| Record n°13793 |
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