- Family:
- Celastraceae R.Br.
- Genus:
- Pristimera Miers
Pristimera brianii (N.Hallé) R.H.Archer

[FTEA]
Celastraceae, N.K.B. Robson, N. Hallé, B. Mathew & R. Blakelock†. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1994
- Morphology General Habit
- Glabrous liane to 30 m.; young stems greenish brown or pale brown, terete; older stems darker brown and conspicuously lenticellate, terete.
- Morphology Leaves Stipules
- Stipules subulate, ± 1 mm. long, free.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves with a petiole 8–11 mm. long; blade papery or subcoriaceous, mid-green above and beneath, elliptic or slightly oblanceolate, 5.5–11 cm. long, 3–6.4 cm. wide, acuminate, cuneate, with prominent lateral veins, especially beneath; margin serrate, sometimes obscurely so.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence glabrous; bracts ovate, ± 0.5–1 mm. long, acute or obtuse, fimbriolate, persistent; pedicels 2–5 mm. long, smooth.
- Morphology General Buds
- Buds oblong or subglobose, rounded, 1.5–2 mm. long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers pale green, 5–6 mm. in diameter.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Sepals subequal, broadly ovate or suborbicular, ± 1–1.5 mm. long, obtuse or rounded, minutely fimbriolate.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals elliptic or oblong, 2.5–3 mm. long, rounded, minutely fimbriolate.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Disc
- Disc and androgynophore forming a stocky truncate-conical column ± 1–2.5 mm. thick.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens with filaments widened from apex to base.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
- Ovules 7–10 per locule; style slender, truncate.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Mericarps oblong or obovate, rounded or somewhat acuminate, 4.5–6 cm. long, 2.5–3 cm. wide, striate.
- Figures
- Fig. 17/1, p. 64.
- Habitat
- Evergreen forest; 1524–1950 m.
- Distribution
- K5 U2
Native to:
Kenya, Sudan, Uganda, Zaïre
Pristimera brianii (N.Hallé) R.H.Archer appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Jun 16, 1983 | Tweedie [3264], Kenya | Simirestis brianii | K000036014 | holotype | Yes |
First published in Molec. Phylogen. Evol. 59: 328 (2011)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6 Scientific Data 8: 215.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
Flora of Tropical East Africa
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0