Family:
Malvaceae Juss.
Genus:
Scaphopetalum Mast.

Scaphopetalum talbotii Baker f.

This species is accepted, and its native range is S. Nigeria to W. Central Tropical Africa.

[FWTA]

Sterculiaceae, Hutchinson and Dalziel. Flora of West Tropical Africa 1:2. 1958

Morphology General Habit
Small forest tree, to 30 ft. high
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Sepals dull pink outside, dull purplish-red on inside
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals ribbed, yellow
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Androecium deep wine-red at base; anthers cream
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Stigma
Stigma pale dull pink.
Note
Several species have been described from the French Cameroons by Engler and K. Krause, but I have not been able to see material of them. The types have presumably been destroyed. With further material from the type localities it may be possible to prove that some of these species are the same as some of those described above.

Native to:

Cameroon, Gabon, Nigeria

Scaphopetalum talbotii Baker f. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1954 Johnston, H.H. [0 s.n.3], Cameroon K000094958 No

First published in A.B.Rendle & al., Cat. Pl. Oban: 14 (1913)

Accepted by

  • Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. (1954-1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 1-828.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Literature

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in Cat. Talb. 14 (1913).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. (1954-1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 1-828.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    Flora of West Tropical Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • 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/
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  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

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