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

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]

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 (K 000274027^(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.

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, 2^nd Edition

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.

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.

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.

Gĩkũyũ: Mũhũgũ
Kiswahili: Muhuhu

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