Brachylaena huillensis

Brachylaena huillensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Tarchonanthoideae
Tribus: Tarchonantheae
Genus: Brachylaena
Species: Brachylaena huillensis

Name

Brachylaena huillensis O.Hoffm., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 32(1): 149 (1902)

  • Type: Antunes 121 (in flower and fruit, 28 September 1899; holotype: B, destroyed; isotypes: K000274031(JSTOR) [fragment], LUA, PRE0587012-0 [fragment]).
  • Type locality: [Angola.] Benguella: Huilla, auf Felsboden an Fuße der Berge unter Gesträuch, 1780 m ü. M.[Huíla, on rocky ground on the foot of the mountains under bush, 1780 m above sea level]

Synonyms

  • Heterotypic
    • Brachylaena hutchinsii Hutch., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1910(4): 126 (1910); not accepted by Paiva (1972) and Beentje (2000: 15) [cited as Brachylaena huiilensis].
      • Type:
        • Lectotype: Battiscombe 54 (K000274027(JSTOR), designated by Beentje 2000: 15).
        • Syntype: Battiscombe 27 (K000274026(JSTOR)); listed together with the lectotype in the original publication.
      • Type locality: British East Africa[Kenya]. Nairobi.

Misapplied names

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda [fide IUCN]
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Botswana [fide POWO], Namibia [fide POWO], KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Additional references

Vernacular names

Gĩkũyũ: Mũhũgũ
Kiswahili: Muhuhu
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