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

• Tarchonanthus camphoratus auct. non L.: Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 554 (1898), pro parte

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

• Hoffmann, O. 1902. Brachylaena huillensis. P. 149 in Plantae benguellenses Antunesianae et Dekindtianae a botanicis Musei Regii Berolinensis descriptae. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 32: 128–152. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Hiern, W.P. 1898. Catalogue of the African Plants collected by Dr. Friedrich Welwitsch in 1853–61. [Vol. I.] Dicotyledons, Part II. Combretaceæ to Rubiaceæ. Pp. 337–510 BHL; Dicotyledons, Part III. Dipsaceæ to Scrophulariaceæ. Pp. 511–784 BHL. London. Reference page. 
• Brachylaena hutchinsii, Hutchinson, Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information: 126–7. 1910.
• Paiva, J. in Boletim da Sociedade Broteriana sér 2A, 46: 368–384. (1972)
• Beentje, H.J. 1994. Kenya Trees, Shrubs and Lianas. Nairobi, Kenya: National Museum of Kenya. 762 p. Online. ISBN 9966-9861-0-3. Reference page. 
• Beentje, H.J. 2000. The genus Brachylaena (Compositae: Mutisieae). Kew Bulletin 55(1): 1–41. JSTOR DOI: 10.2307/4117759 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Brachylaena huillensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 April 4. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Brachylaena huillensis. Published online. Accessed: 25 June 2019.
• IUCN: Brachylaena huillensis O. Hoffm. (Near Threatened)
• Tropicos.org 2019. Brachylaena huillensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 June 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Brachylaena huillensis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 25 June 2019.

Vernacular names

Gĩkũyũ: Mũhũgũ
Kiswahili: Muhuhu

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