Vitex fischeri var. fischeri var. fischeri
Creators: name: Meerts, Pierre
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Lamiales
Lamiaceae
Vitex
Vitex fischeri
Vitex fischeri var. fischeri

description: 10a. <i>Vitex fischeri</i> var. <i>fischeri</i> <i>Vitex bequaertii</i> De Wild. (De Wildeman 1914a: 142; 1914c: 402; 1921: 164; 1929b: 101); Delevoy (1929: 478); Pieper (1928: 60). – Type: D.R. Congo, Haut-Katanga, Elisabethville [Lubumbashi], 4 Apr. 1912, <i>Bequaert</i> 314 [“319” in error in the protologue] (lecto-: BR barcode BR 0000005570843, <b>designated here</b>; isolecto-: BR barcode BR 0000005571178). <i>Vitex giorgii</i> De Wild. (De Wildeman 1929b: 103); Moldenke (1956: 375). – Type: D.R. Congo, Haut-Katanga, Etoile du Congo, Jan. 1923, <i>De Giorgi</i> 391 (holo-: BR barcode BR 0000008905826). <i>Vitex venulosa</i> Moldenke (Moldenke 1952: 64; 1958b: 210); Lebrun &amp; Stork (1997: 526). – Type: D.R. Congo, Maniema, Lumuna, Aug. 1932, <i>Lebrun</i> 5878 (holo-: BR barcode BR 0000008905550; iso-: BR barcode BR 0000008905574, P barcode P 00442322). A tree. Twigs greyish beige tomentellose. Leaves 5 foliolate; petiolules 11–30 mm; lamina elliptic, acuminate, upper surface glabrous, lower surface discolorous, greyish tomentose, 15–25 secondary veins, tertiary veins forming a ladder pattern. Inflorescence of dichasia, shorter than leaves, branches greyish beige tomentellose; calyx zygomorphic, teeth &lt;0.5 mm, with short greyish-beige tomentellum of crispate hairs. Fruit 10–15 mm long. <b>Distribution</b> – Mostly E Africa, from Kenya southwards to Zambia and extending westwards to Angola. <b>Note</b> – Lectotypification of <i>Vitex bequaertii</i> De Wild. The protologue cited <i>Homblé</i> 202 and <i>Bequaert</i> 314 [“319”]. Both match the description in the protologue. <i>Bequaert</i> 314 (barcode BR0000005570843) is selected because it bears annotations in De Wildeman’s handwriting.
description: Published as part of <i>Meerts, Pierre, 2018, Synopsis of the genus Vitex (Lamiaceae) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, pp. 380-392 in Plant Ecology and Evolution 151 (3)</i> on page 386, DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.2018.1504, http://zenodo.org/record/7664390
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