African Plant Database


Kotschya carsonii (Baker) Dewit & P. A. Duvign.
Family : FABACEAE
Information on the genus : Kotschya
Basionym : Kotschya carsonii (Baker) Dewit & P. A. Duvign. subsp. carsonii
 
 
Status
Status for TA : accepted (present)
 
Synonym(s) Homotypic
 Smithia carsonii Baker (1924)
 Kotschya carsonii (Baker) Dewit & P. A. Duvign. subsp. carsonii
 
Synonym(s) Heterotypic
=Smithia harmsiana De Wild. (1902)
=Smithia setosissima Harms (1910)
=Kotschya carsonii f. multifoliolata Dewit & P. A. Duvign.
 
Taxon infra-specific
Kotschya carsonii (Baker) Dewit & P. A. Duvign. subsp. carsonii
Kotschya carsonii subsp. reflexa (Portères) Verdc.
 
Ecology and distribution
Trop. Afr.
Biology : Erect shrub 0,3-1,8(?4,5) m tall; stems glandular, sticky, densely covered with ± golden bristly tubercular-based hairs.
Ecology : Grassland at forest edges; base of granite outcrops; plateau in savanna; Brachystegia woodland; bushland; moorland; peaty swamps; riversides; 450-2250 m alt.
  Comprises 2 subspp. Subspp. reflexa (Portères) Verdc. in W. Africa.
 
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see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale
see under African Plants - a Photo Guide
 
Map
carte afrique num 176755
 
Record n°176755
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