Dorstenia schlechteri

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Dorstenia schlechteri Engl.
Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen.-Fam. 1: 23 1898
Family: MORACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Dorstenia hildebrandtii var. schlechteri (Engl.) Hijman
Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Mor. 34 1989 C.C.Berg

Origin and Habitat: Grows in mesic habitats in Eeastern Tanzania and Kenya.

Synonyms:

Dorstenia hildebrandtii var. schlechteri (Engl.) Hijman

Dorstenia schlechteri Engl.

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Dorstenia hildebrandtii Engl.
Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20: 146 1894
Synonymy: 14

Dorstenia hildebrandtii Engl.

Dorstenia hildebrandtii var. hildebrandtii (Engl.)

Dorstenia hildebrandtii f. crispum

Dorstenia hildebrandtii f. rubra
Dorstenia maoungouensis De Wild.
Dorstenia marambensis Peter
Dorstenia renneyi Airy Shaw & N.P.Taylor
Dorstenia rhomboidea Peter
Dorstenia tanneriana Peter

Accepted name in llifle Database:
Dorstenia hildebrandtii var. schlechteri (Engl.) Hijman
Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Mor. 34 1989
Synonymy: 5

Dorstenia hildebrandtii var. schlechteri (Engl.) Hijman

Dorstenia schlechteri Engl.

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Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Dorstenia hildebrandtii group

Dorstenia hildebrandtii Engl.: has a fleshy, reddish brown, swollen bulbous base (caudex) with a simple or branched shoot to 70 cm tall crowned by leaves. Distribution: grows in dry habitats in Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaire, Burundi, Rwanda and Mozambique.
Dorstenia hildebrandtii f. crispa
Dorstenia hildebrandtii f. rubra
Dorstenia hildebrandtii var. schlechteri (Engl.) Hijman: up to 70 cm tall; stems slender, the base not swollen nor tuber-like, but slender and creeping, stems often unbranched. Distribution: Grows in mesic habitats in Eeastern Tanzania and Kenya

Bibliography: Major references and further lectures
1) J. Hutchinson and A. B. Rendle “Flora of Tropical Africa” Vol 6 Part 2, page 17 1916
2) C. C. Berg “Flora Zambesiaca” Vol 9 Part 6, page 13 1991
3) Urs Eggli “Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants: Dicotyledons” Springer Science & Business Media, 2002
4) Werner Rauh “The Wonderful World of Succulents: Cultivation and Description of Selected Succulent Plants Other Than Cacti” Smithsonian Institution Press, 1984
5) Stuart Max Walters “The European Garden Flora: Dicotyledons (Part I)” Cambridge University Press, 1989
6) Jacobsen “Lexicon of succulent plants” Littlehampton Book Services Ltd. 1974
7) Edgar Lamb, Brian Lamb “The Illustrated Reference on Cacti & Other Succulents” Volume 5 Blandford Press, 1978
8) Alfred Byrd Graf “Exotica, series 4 international: pictorial cyclopedia of exotic plants from tropical and near-tropic regions” Roehrs Co. Publishers, 1982
9) IUCN SSC East African Plants Red List Authority 2013. "Dorstenia hildebrandtii." The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 27 October 2014
10) Berg, Cornelis C. "Moreae, Artocarpeae, and Dorstenia (Moraceae), with Introductions to the Family and Ficus and with Additions and Corrections to Flora Neotropica Monograph 7". Flora Neotropica 83: 1–346. 2001

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