African Plant Database


Loeseneriella clematoides (Loes.) R. Wilczek ex N. Hallé
Information on the genus : Loeseneriella
Basionym : Hippocratea clematoides Loes.
 
 
Status
Status for TA : accepted (present)
 
Synonym(s) Homotypic
 Hippocratea clematoides Loes. (1905)
 
Synonym(s) Heterotypic
=Hippocratea venulosa Hutch. & M.B. Moss (1928)
=Hippocratea clematoidea De Wild.
 
Ecology and distribution
Trop. Afr.
Biology : Liane 40-100 m long with trunk >20 cm ?; bark smooth or rough, yellowish brown or greyish, longitudinally fissured and slightly transversely so; old woody stem as in L. apiculata; growing twigs and inflorescences densely covered with tiny hairs[…]
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Ecology : Forest patches; gallery forest; semi-evergreen forest; along footpath with Acacia pinnata, Grewia spp.; dense forest with Guarea cedrata; swamps. 500-1280 m alt.
  Not in Ghana (Darko 907 = L. ectypetala); not in Malawi (Burtt Davy 22407 on Pemba).

Bibliography for Southern Africa :
  • Énum. Pl. Fleurs Afr. Trop. 2: 152 (1992).
 
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