identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
03D1532200501E4FFF5153BCFF2EF92F.text	03D1532200501E4FFF5153BCFF2EF92F.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Vitex agelaeifolia var. agelaeifolia var. agelaeifolia	<div><p>1a. Vitex agelaeifolia var. agelaeifolia</p><p>Vitex phaseolifolia Mildbr. ex W.Piep. (Pieper 1928: 55; 1929: 161); Moldenke (1957: 58); Lebrun &amp; Stork (1997: 525).</p><p>– Type: Cameroun, Südkameruner Waldgebiet, vor der Station Ebolowa auf freigeschlagenem Gelände, Mildbraed 7623 (lecto-, designated by Pieper (1929): B†) .</p><p>Vitex wellensii De Wild.</p><p>(De Wildeman 1929a: 19); Moldenke (1958b: 222); Lebrun &amp; Stork (1997: 526).</p><p>– Type: D.R. Congo, Kanga, 30 Apr. 1921, Wellens 110 (lecto-: BR barcode BR 0000008905567, designated here), synon. nov .</p><p>Amyrmecophilous liana, with quadrangular hollow twigs. Leaflets: 3; 4–5 pairs of secondary veins. Inflorescence thyrsoid. Fruit globose, c. 9 mm in diameter, orangebrown.</p><p>Distribution – Wof Central Africa, from Gabon to D.R. Congo.</p><p>Note – Lectotypification of Vitex wellensii De Wild. The protologue cites Gillet s.n., Vermoesen 1556, Vermoesen 1652, Wellens 110. All the original material matches the description given there. Wellens 110 is selected because it has well developed inflorescences and De Wildeman’s handwriting on the label.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D1532200501E4FFF5153BCFF2EF92F	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Meerts, Pierre	Meerts, Pierre (2018): Synopsis of the genus Vitex (Lamiaceae) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Plant Ecology and Evolution 151 (3): 380-392, DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.2018.1504, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.2018.1504
03D1532200501E4FFF515691FD92F835.text	03D1532200501E4FFF515691FD92F835.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Vitex agelaeifolia var. rufula Moldenke 1952	<div><p>1b. Vitex agelaeifolia var. rufula Moldenke</p><p>(Moldenke 1952: 58).</p><p>– Type: D.R. Congo, Kapanga, Mar. 1934, Overlaet 1263 (holo-: BR barcode BR 0000008903655 ; iso-: BR barcode BR 0000008903631, NY barcode NY 00138416) .</p><p>This variety is quite distinct by the ferruginous pubescence of the petioles and inflorescence axes.</p><p>Distribution – Endemic to D.R. Congo.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D1532200501E4FFF515691FD92F835	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Meerts, Pierre	Meerts, Pierre (2018): Synopsis of the genus Vitex (Lamiaceae) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Plant Ecology and Evolution 151 (3): 380-392, DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.2018.1504, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.2018.1504
03D1532200501E4FFF515305FE7CFC48.text	03D1532200501E4FFF515305FE7CFC48.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Vitex agelaeifolia W. Piep.	<div><p>1. Vitex agelaeifolia Mildbr. ex W.Piep.</p><p>(Pieper 1928: 55; 1929: 162); Moldenke (1955a: 160); Lebrun &amp; Stork (1997: 524).</p><p>– Type: Equatorial Guinea, Tessmann 289 (lecto-, designated by Pieper (1929): B†; isolecto-: BM barcode BM001209283 (fragm.)) .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D1532200501E4FFF515305FE7CFC48	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Meerts, Pierre	Meerts, Pierre (2018): Synopsis of the genus Vitex (Lamiaceae) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Plant Ecology and Evolution 151 (3): 380-392, DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.2018.1504, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.2018.1504
03D1532200501E4FFC8C50F8FA80FC95.text	03D1532200501E4FFC8C50F8FA80FC95.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Vitex buchananii Gurke	<div><p>2. Vitex buchananii Baker ex Gürke</p><p>(Gürke 1895: 339); Baker (1900: 319); Pieper (1928: 53); White (1962: 371); Verdcourt (1992: 54); Lebrun &amp; Stork (1997: 524); Sales (2001: 191; 2005: 75); Coates Palgrave &amp; Coates Palgrave (2005: 981); Meerts (2016: 231).</p><p>– Type: Malawi, Buchanan 782 (holo-: B † ; iso-: Gbarcode G 00016805, US barcode US 00119244) .</p><p>Vitex robynsii De Wild. (De Wildeman 1929a: 13); Moldenke (1957: 116).</p><p>– Type: D.R. Congo, Haut-Katanga, Kasenga, vers 970 m, savane arbustive, 8 Apr. 1926, Robyns 1913 (lecto-: BR barcode BR 0000008906168, designated by Moldenke in schedis ; isolecto-: BR barcode BR 0000008906151).</p><p>Asarmentose shrub, not myrmecophilous; twigs pubescent, solid. Leaflets 5, pubescent on both surfaces. Inflorescence of thyrses grouped in a terminal panicle. Fruit c. 6–8 mm diam., with golden-yellow outer layer exfoliating at maturity; calyx cupuliform, clasping fruit base.</p><p>Distribution – Tropical E Africa, from Tanzania to Mozambique southwards and to D.R. Congo westwards.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D1532200501E4FFC8C50F8FA80FC95	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Meerts, Pierre	Meerts, Pierre (2018): Synopsis of the genus Vitex (Lamiaceae) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Plant Ecology and Evolution 151 (3): 380-392, DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.2018.1504, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.2018.1504
03D1532200501E4FFC8C537BFCABFA57.text	03D1532200501E4FFC8C537BFCABFA57.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Vitex ciliata Pellegr.	<div><p>3. Vitex ciliata Pierre ex Pellegr.</p><p>(Pellegrin 1927: 268); Lebrun &amp; Stork (1997: 524).</p><p>– Type: Gabon, Région du Nyanga, Mayombé, Bayaka, Tchibanga, 2 Mar. 1914, Le Testu 1701 (lecto-: Pbarcode P 00442307 designated here ; isolecto-: Pbarcodes P 00442308 &amp; P 00442309) .</p><p>A tree. Twigs chocolate brown, with sparse yellow cilia. Leaflets 5; petiolule 0–2(–3) mm; lamina strongly spathulate, cuspidate, with sparse fine yellowish hairs on veins beneath. Inflorescence a large multiflorous long pedunculate dichasium equalling leaves. Calyx c. 2 mm; corolla whitish. Fruit obovoid, 10–15 mm long.</p><p>Distribution – Wof Central Africa, from Gabon to D.R. Congo. This species is new to D.R. Congo. Voucher: Mayumbe, Mbenge, s.d., Bittremieux 244 (BR barcode BR 0000018425963) .</p><p>Note – Lectotypification of Vitex ciliata Pierre ex Pellegr. The protologue cited Le Testu 1701 and Klaine 3257; three sheets of the former and three sheets of the latter have been found, which all match the description in the protologue. I designate one of the most complete specimens as the lectotype.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D1532200501E4FFC8C537BFCABFA57	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Meerts, Pierre	Meerts, Pierre (2018): Synopsis of the genus Vitex (Lamiaceae) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Plant Ecology and Evolution 151 (3): 380-392, DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.2018.1504, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.2018.1504
03D1532200501E4FFC8C55B9FBF8F883.text	03D1532200501E4FFC8C55B9FBF8F883.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Vitex congolensis De Wild. & T. Durand	<div><p>4. Vitex congolensis De Wild. &amp; T.Durand</p><p>(Durand &amp; De Wildeman 1899: 134); Baker (1900: 325); De Wildeman &amp; Durand (1900: 50); Durand &amp; Durand (1909: 437); De Wildeman (1910b: 401; 1912b: 142, 242; 1929a: 7); Pieper (1928: 59); Pauwels (1993: 216); Lebrun &amp; Stork (1997: 524); Meerts (2016: 231).</p><p>– Type: D.R. Congo, Bas-Congo, Bokakata, Feb. 1896, Dewèvre 770a (lecto-: BR barcode BR 0000008905918, designated here ; isolecto-: BR barcode BR 0000008905871) .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D1532200501E4FFC8C55B9FBF8F883	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Meerts, Pierre	Meerts, Pierre (2018): Synopsis of the genus Vitex (Lamiaceae) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Plant Ecology and Evolution 151 (3): 380-392, DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.2018.1504, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.2018.1504
03D1532200501E4AFC8C5774FDBAFD51.text	03D1532200501E4AFC8C5774FDBAFD51.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Vitex congolensis var. congolensis var. congolensis	<div><p>4a. Vitex congolensis var. congolensis</p><p>Vitex aesculifolia Baker (Baker 1900: 325); Durand &amp; Durand (1909: 436).</p><p>– Type: D.R. Congo, Monbuttu, near Munsa, 7 Apr. 1870, Schweinfurth 3442 (holo-: K) .</p><p>Vitex seretii De Wild. (De Wildeman 1909: 130); Pieper (1928: 59); Lebrun &amp; Stork (1997: 526).</p><p>– Type: D.R. Congo, Nala, Mar. 1907, Seret 847 (lecto-: BR barcode BR0000008906229 designated here; isolecto-: BR0000008906212), synon. nov.</p><p>Vitex thonneri De Wild. (De Wildeman 1911: 246); De Wildeman (1912a: 467; 1912b: 216, 262; 1929a: 16); Pieper (1928: 59); Lebrun &amp; Stork (1997: 526).</p><p>– Type: D.R. Congo, Ubangui, Banzyville [Mobayi-Mbongo], à 450 m d’altitude dans les broussailles, parmi les rochers, 8 Mar. 1909, Thonner 263 (lecto-: BR barcode BR0000008906540, designated here; isolecto-: BR barcodes BR0000008906243 &amp; BR0000008906250, Wbarcode W 1911-0005189, Kbarcodes K000192755 &amp; K000192756), synon. nov.</p><p>Vitex gilletii Gürke (Gürke 1903: 298); De Wildeman (1903b: 72; 1912a: 467; 1912b: 91, 242); Durand &amp; Durand (1909: 437); Lebrun &amp; Stork (1997: 524).</p><p>– Vitex congolensis De Wild. &amp; T.Durand var. gilletii (Gürke) W.Piep. (Pieper 1928: 59) .</p><p>– Type: D.R. Congo, Kimuenza, May 1901, Gillet 2163 (lecto-: BR barcode BR0000008903662, designated here).</p><p>A tree. Young twigs, petiole and inflorescence with long spreading ferrugineous or fulvous fine hairs. Leaflets 5; petiolule 0–5 mm; lamina softly fulvous pubescent beneath. Inflorescence a dichasium on a long peduncle; calyx 1.5–2.5 mm, ferrugineous to fulvous pubescent; ovary glabrous; corolla 5–7 mm, cream with bluish lower lip. Fruit 10–15 mm long.</p><p>Distribution – Wand C Africa, from Ivory Coast southwards to Angola and eastwards to Sudan.</p><p>Notes – Lectotypification of Vitex congolensis De Wild. The protologue cited only one collection (Dewèvre s.n.). The material stored at BR comprise Dewèvre 770a (2 sheets) and Dewèvre 926a (3 sheets); one sheet has locality description and notes handwritten by De Wildeman (BR0000008905918); it is here chosen as the lectotype. Remaining syntypes: sine loco, sine dato, Dewèvre 926a (BR barcodes BR0000008905406 &amp; BR0000008905413).</p><p>Lectotypification of Vitex thonneri De Wild. The protologue cited Thonner 263, which has been widely distributed to several herbaria. Of the three sheets in BR, the one with De Wildeman’s handwriting on the label is selected as the lectotype. The original material has the diagnostic characters of V. congolensis; it is unusual in having short leaflets, but this trait is variable within the species and Ido not think this variant is worth taxonomic recognition.</p><p>Lectotypification of Vitex gilletii De Wild. Only one of the two syntypes has been found (Gillet 2163); the other syntype (Pogge 698) has probably been destroyed in Berlin and no duplicate could be traced. The type material of V. gilletii has leaflets with a somewhat unusual shape (low length/width ratio), abruptly contracted in a relatively long acumen. However, V. congolensis has a variable leaflet shape and size and it is impossible to discriminate taxa on that basis.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D1532200501E4AFC8C5774FDBAFD51	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Meerts, Pierre	Meerts, Pierre (2018): Synopsis of the genus Vitex (Lamiaceae) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Plant Ecology and Evolution 151 (3): 380-392, DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.2018.1504, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.2018.1504
03D1532200531E4DFDD15087FABEFAA9.text	03D1532200531E4DFDD15087FABEFAA9.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Vitex Linnaeus 1753	<div><p>Key to the species of Vitex in D.R. Congo</p><p>1. Leaflets coarsely dentate or crenate, at least in upper third ................................................................. 2</p><p>1’. Leaflets entire....................................................................................................................................... 3</p><p>2. Leaflets 5; lamina narrowly elliptic, long acuminate, thin and papery; rainforest tree.......................... ....................................................................................................................................... 13. V. oxycuspis</p><p>2’. Leaflets 1–3(–5); lamina obovate, rounded at tip, thick and coriaceous; savanna shrub....................... .........................................................................................................11a. V. madiensis subsp. madiensis</p><p>3. Cymules arranged in thyrses, often grouped in panicles; fruit globose, 5–9 mm in diameter............. 4</p><p>3’. Cymules arranged in compound dichasia; fruit ovoid, (7–) 10–40 mm long ....................................... 7</p><p>4. Leaflets 5; secondary veins 7–9 on each side; thyrses mostly grouped in a terminal panicle ............. 5</p><p>4’. Leaflets 3; secondary veins 4–5 on each side; thyrses mostly in the axils of leaves .. 1. V. agelaeifolia</p><p>5. Fruit with golden-yellow glandulose outer layer exfoliating at maturity; fruiting calyx cupuliform, clasping base of fruit .................................................................................................... 2. V. buchananii</p><p>5’. Fruit brownish, without a golden-yellow outer layer; fruiting calyx patelliform, not clasping fruit base ...................................................................................................................................................... 6</p><p>6. Twigs pubescent, solid, not myrmecophilous, quickly becoming terete; leaflets pubescent on both surfaces ......................................................................................................... 6. V. discoideoglandulosa</p><p>6’. Twigs glabrous to puberulous, hollow, inhabited by ants, strongly quadrangular; lower surface of leaflets almost glabrous................................................................................................ 17. V. thyrsiflora</p><p>7. Ovary hirsute-tomentose ...................................................................................................................... 8</p><p>7’. Ovary glabrous, glandulose, or, rarely, with short stiff hairs at top ................................................... 13</p><p>8. Leavesin verticilsof three; leaflets almostglabrous exceptciliate domatia; fruit &lt;9(–10) mm long.. ...................................................................................................................................... 7. V. djumaensis</p><p>8’. Leaves opposite (very rarely verticillate); leaflets glabrous or pubescent; fruit&gt; 9 mm long ............ 9</p><p>9. Leaflets glabrous, shiny above, coriaceous, petiolulate, mostly rounded at tip (more rarely with a short blunt acumen).................................................................................................................... 8. V. doniana</p><p>9’. Leaflets variously pubescent, dull, petiolulate or sessile, rounded or acuminate .............................. 10</p><p>10. Leaflets markedly cuspidate or acuminate; upper surface of lamina glabrous, except on main vein.... .............................................................................................................................................................11</p><p>10’. Leaflets rounded to obtuse at tip; upper surface of lamina pubescent ............................................... 12</p><p>11. Peduncle 0.5–3 cm; cyme few-flowered, branched at 2 to 4 nodes, much shorter than subtending leaf, branches ochraceous pubescent; leaflet upper surface blackish-green in herbarium, smooth; lower surface with short ochraceous hairs on veins; bracts narrowly elliptic, discolorous, ochraceous tomentose beneath.......................................................................................................... 9. V. ferruginea</p><p>11’. Peduncle 5–11 cm; cyme very lax, branched at 5 to 7 nodes, equalling subtending leaf; leaflet upper surface green to brownish in herbarium, very slightly scabridulous; lower surface softly tomentellous; bracts linear, concolorous................................................................................................ 5. V. cuspidata</p><p>12. Corolla 10–15 mm long, with long-protruding stamens; inflorescence few-flowered, 2–4 cm wide, lax; lower surface of leaflets yellowish pubescent, the indumentum not masking areolae .......................... .................................................................................................................................... 12. V. mombassae</p><p>12’. Corolla 6–10 mm long, stamens not protruding; inflorescence many-flowered, 3–10 cm wide, cymules often compact; lower surface of leaflets densely greyish floccose-velvety, the indumentum masking areolae ................................................................................................................................. 14. V. payos</p><p>13. Calyx, pedicels and petiole with long patent fulvous to ferrugineous hairs, most of them exceeding 0.5 mm; leaflets with soft spreading hairs on lower surface and shorter erect hairs on upper surface ........ ...................................................................................................................................... 4. V. congolensis</p><p>13’. Calyx, pedicels and petiole without patent fulvous to ferrugineous hairs, puberulent or tomentose; leaflets almost glabrous to pubescent................................................................................................. 14</p><p>14. Leaves glabrous (except for a few short hairs on lower surface of mid-vein); inflorescence &lt;5 cm (including peduncle), few-flowered; corolla ≥ 10 mm long, orange, more rarely white ....................... ............................................................................................................................ 16. V. rubroaurantiaca</p><p>14’. Leaves more or less pubescent; inflorescence 5–20 cm long, many-flowered, corolla &lt;10 mm long, white, purplish or bluish .................................................................................................................... 15</p><p>15. Flowering calyx obliquely subtruncate, slightly zygomorphic, with obsolete teeth (&lt;0.5 mm long); inflorescence branches and calyx with a very short dense tomentellum of greyish-beige to ochraceousbeige curly hairs; secondary veins 15–25 pairs; tertiary veins prominent on lower surface (but often masked by indumentum), forming a conspicuous ladder-like pattern; leaflets widest at the middle or below the middle; petiolules 10–30 mm; bracts discolorous, beige-ochraceous tomentose on lower surface, glabrous on upper surface.................................................................................... 10. V. fischeri</p><p>15’. Flowering calyx not zygomorphic, with well-developed teeth; inflorescence branches and calyx puberulent or pubescent, but not densely beige tomentose; secondary veins 8–20 pairs; tertiary veins not forming aconspicuous ladder pattern (except V. ciliata); leaflets generally widestabove the middle, sessile or petiolulate; bracts not markedly discolorous...................................................................... 16</p><p>16. Upper surface of leaflets markedly scabrid, with reticulum prominulent; leaflets very coriaceous; calyx 2.5–3.5 mm long with broadly triangular teeth; corolla 5–10 mm long, bluish or mauve with white throat; savanna shrub......................................................... 11b. V. madiensis subsp. milanjiensis</p><p>16’. Upper surface of leaflets not scabrid (or slightly so), with reticulum not prominent; leaflets not remarkably coriaceous; calyx 1.5–2.5 mm long, with narrow triangular teeth; corolla &lt;5 mm long, whitish-cream sometimes with a blue tinge in lower lip (corolla unknown in V. cuspidata); trees of woodlands and forests........................................................................................................................ 17</p><p>17. Leaflets softly tomentellose on veins and reticulum beneath, without conspicuous glands; inflorescence branches and petiole tomentellose; leaflets narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate, 2.5–3.5 cm wide, abruptly contracted into a short acumen; petiolule 3–17 mm; flowers unknown; dry woodland tree................................................................................................................................... 5. V. cuspidata</p><p>17’. Leaflets only sparsely puberulous on main veins beneath, conspicuously yellow gland-dotted; inflorescence branches and petiole puberulent to almost glabrous; leaflets 3–6.5 cm wide, variable in shape; rainforest trees......................................................................................................................... 18</p><p>18. Leaflets spathulate, broadly rounded at tip, cuspidate; petiolules 0–2(–3) mm; secondary veins 9–12 pairs; calyx with yellowish-fulvous hairs, without conspicuous glands; young twigs with golden yellow hairs .......................................................................................................................... 3. V. ciliata</p><p>18’. Leaflets elliptic or obovate, with a long fine acumen (5–20 mm); petiolules 5–25 mm; secondary veins 10–20 pairs; calyx pubescent, with conspicuous golden yellow glands; young twigs puberulent, without long golden yellow hairs.................................................................................... 15. V. rivularis</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D1532200531E4DFDD15087FABEFAA9	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Meerts, Pierre	Meerts, Pierre (2018): Synopsis of the genus Vitex (Lamiaceae) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Plant Ecology and Evolution 151 (3): 380-392, DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.2018.1504, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.2018.1504
03D1532200551E4AFFA65347FDFEF89E.text	03D1532200551E4AFFA65347FDFEF89E.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Vitex congolensis var. thomasii (De Wild. 2018) Meerts 2018	<div><p>4b. Vitex congolensis var. thomasii (De Wild.) Meerts, comb. nov.</p><p>Vitex thomasii De Wild ., Contribution à la Flore du Katanga, Supplément 2: 106. 1929 (De Wildeman 1929b); Delevoy (1929: 185); Moldenke (1958a: 148); Lebrun &amp; Stork (1997: 526).</p><p>– Type: D.R. Congo, Kalonda, 20 Aug. 1923, Thomas 1324 (holo-: BR barcode BR 0000008906267) .</p><p>Vitex thomasii f. kasaiensis De Wild. (De Wildeman 1929b: 108); Moldenke (1958a: 149).</p><p>– Type: D.R. Congo, Kasaï, Bena-Dibele, Luja 259 (holo-: BR barcode BR 0000013602093) .</p><p>Vitex buchneri Gürke (Gürke 1893: 166); Baker (1900: 331); De Wildeman (1912b: 280); Pieper (1928: 58); Lebrun &amp; Stork (1997: 524).</p><p>– Type: Angola, Kassambo, Büchner 574 (holo-: B †), synon. nov .</p><p>Differs from the type variety by the large foliaceous elliptic lower bracts.</p><p>Distribution – Subendemic to D.R. Congo, restricted to the southern margin of the distribution range of V. congolensis, i.e. Kasaï and Katanga, very locally extending to N Angola.</p><p>Note – Vitex congolensis is a Guineo-Congolian linking species extremely variable as to density, length and intensity of the fulvous color of the indumentum. Variation of indumentum is continuous and cannot be translated into infraspecific units. Vitex thomasii De Wild. is a variant showing a very unusual character, i.e. foliaceous bracts at the lower inflorescence nodes, up to 30 × 8 mm. This is not a teratological condition, because several gatherings from distant localities exhibit such bracts. This variant deserves taxonomic recognition at varietal rank. The type specimen of V. buchneri has not been found. However, the protologue clearly indicates that this taxon belongs here (“…die Bracteen der Nebenachsen erster Ordnung lanzettlich in den Stiel verschmälert, mit dem Stiel bis 3 cm lang…”) (Gürke 1893).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D1532200551E4AFFA65347FDFEF89E	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Meerts, Pierre	Meerts, Pierre (2018): Synopsis of the genus Vitex (Lamiaceae) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Plant Ecology and Evolution 151 (3): 380-392, DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.2018.1504, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.2018.1504
03D1532200551E4AFFA65706FADDFAD6.text	03D1532200551E4AFFA65706FADDFAD6.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Vitex cuspidata Hiern	<div><p>5. Vitex cuspidata Hiern</p><p>(Hiern 1900: 835); Baker (1900: 521); De Wildeman (1912a: 467; 1929a: 9); Pieper (1928: 70); Moldenke (1955b: 307; 1956: 357); Lebrun &amp; Stork (1997: 524); Cabral (2013: 196).</p><p>– Type: Angola, Golungo Alto, Serra de Alto Queta, Apr. 1856, Welwitsch 5665 (lecto-: BM barcode BM000839706 inadvertently designated by Cabral (2013) (corrected from holotype) ; isolecto-: BM barcode BM000834573, LISU barcodes LISU254233 &amp; LISU223679, COI barcode COI00077133, Pbarcode P00442303, Kbarcode K000735142) .</p><p>Vitex kapirensis De Wild. (De Wildeman 1914a: 141; 1914c: 405; 1921: 164); Pieper (1928: 40, 60 &amp; 83); Moldenke (1956: 420); Lebrun &amp; Stork (1997: 524).</p><p>– Type: D.R. Congo, Haut-Katanga, Vallée de Kapiri, Feb. 1913, Homblé 1152 (lecto-: BR barcode BR 0000008905864 designated here ; isolecto-: BR barcodes BR 0000008905857, BR 0000008905932 &amp; BR 00000089052925), synon. nov .</p><p>A tree. Twigs shortly pale brownish tomentellous. Leaflets 5; petiolules 3–17 mm; lamina narrowly obovate-elliptic, shortly acuminate-cuspidate, pale fulvous tomentellous on veins beneath, glabrous above. Inflorescence of dichasia, long pedunculate, much branched. Flowers unknown. Fruit 10–15 mm long.</p><p>Distribution – Subendemic to D.R. Congo, extending to Angola.</p><p>Notes – Vitex cuspidata Hiern is known from very few collections mostly from Angola, all of them in fruit (Cabral 2013). Pubescence of ovary is unknown and, accordingly, the species keys out in two groups in the key. Material from the Sudanian region has also been ascribed to that taxon (Aubréville 1950: 500) but it is certainly not conspecific. The type material of Vitex kapirensis is a good match of the type material of Vitex cuspidata, with a large inflorescence, relatively small fruits, long-petiolulate elliptic leaflets contracted into a short acumen. V. kapirensis was synonymized (Meerts 2016) with V. fischeri, but the latter has much larger leaflets and tertiary veins forming a more conspicuous ladder pattern.</p><p>Lectotypification of Vitex kapirensis De Wild. The type material of Vitex kapirensis consist of four sheets; the sheet with the most complete material and the most extensive collecting information is selected as the lectotype.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D1532200551E4AFFA65706FADDFAD6	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Meerts, Pierre	Meerts, Pierre (2018): Synopsis of the genus Vitex (Lamiaceae) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Plant Ecology and Evolution 151 (3): 380-392, DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.2018.1504, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.2018.1504
03D1532200551E4BFCD5553EFE00FC3D.text	03D1532200551E4BFCD5553EFE00FC3D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Vitex discoideoglandulosa De Wild. De Wildeman 1929	<div><p>6. Vitex discoideoglandulosa De Wild.</p><p>(De Wildeman 1929a: 10).</p><p>– Type: D.R. Congo, Kasaï, entre Lubue et Bena-Makima, May 1910, Sapin s.n. (lecto-: BR barcode BR 0000018421408, designated here) .</p><p>Vitex guerkeana De Wild. (De Wildeman 1909: 129) nom. illeg. non Vitex guerkeana Hiern.</p><p>Alianescent shrub. Twigs solid, not myrmecophilous, pubescent. Leaflets 5, petiolulate, lamina pubescent on both surfaces. Inflorescence of thyrses, grouped in a terminal panicle. Flowers whitish. Fruit globose, brownish, c. 5 mm, subtended by the patelliform calyx.</p><p>Distribution – Endemic to D.R. Congo.</p><p>Note – V. discoideoglandulosa is a member of the complex of V. thyrsiflora-V. buchananii, characterised by a thyrsoid inflorescence, more or less lianescent habit and small globose fruits (section Terminales W.Piep.). Pieper (1928) regarded it as a synonym of V. volkensii Gürke, an East African plant now synonymized with V. buchananii . However, V. discoideoglandulosa lacks the diagnostic trait of V. buchananii, i.e. the golden-yellow glandulose outer fruit layer exfoliating at maturity. It is undoubtedly a distinct species. Table 1 summarizes the differences between the three species.</p><p>Lectotypification of Vitex discoideoglandulosa De Wild. De Wildeman (1929a) cited six syntypes (Claessens s.n., Gillet 1973, Gillet s.n. (coll. 1901), Gillet s.n. (coll. 1902), Gillet s.n. (coll. 1926), Sapin s.n.), corresponding to six sheets in BR. The only specimen with fruits is selected as the lectotype, because the characters of the fruits are discriminant with respect to V. buchananii .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D1532200551E4BFCD5553EFE00FC3D	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Meerts, Pierre	Meerts, Pierre (2018): Synopsis of the genus Vitex (Lamiaceae) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Plant Ecology and Evolution 151 (3): 380-392, DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.2018.1504, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.2018.1504
03D1532200541E4BFF5153AFFDBBF92F.text	03D1532200541E4BFF5153AFFDBBF92F.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Vitex djumaensis De Wild.	<div><p>7. Vitex djumaensis De Wild.</p><p>(De Wildeman 1909: 128); Pieper (1928: 70); Moldenke (1955b: 321); Lebrun &amp; Stork (1997: 524); Cabral (2013: 199).</p><p>– Type: D.R. Congo, Vallée de la Djuma, Jul. 1902, Gentil s.n. (lecto-: BR barcode BR0000008905543 designated by Cabral (2013) ; isolecto-: BR barcode BR00000089055292) .</p><p>Asmall tree. Leaves in whorls of 3. Leaf glabrous except for ciliate domatia; leaflets 5; petiolules 3–17 mm; lamina coriaceous, acute or shortly acuminate. Inflorescence of dichasia; peduncle short (&lt;2 cm), calyx 2 mm, ovary hairy. Fruit small c. 9 × 7 mm.</p><p>Distribution – Endemic to D.R. Congo.</p><p>Note – V. djumaensis is related to Vitex doniana (glabrous leaves, petiolulate leaflets, pubescent ovary). It has an original combination of traits, i.e. ternate leaves, leaflets with few secondary veins (6–10 pairs), small fruit, and ciliate domatia. Vitex djumaensis is endemic to southern D.R Congo. It is a poorly known taxon. All the specimens cited by Moldenke (1955b) are misidentifications. New specimens have been found, from Bas-Congo, Kasaï and W Katanga, which had been previously misidentified as V. doniana .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D1532200541E4BFF5153AFFDBBF92F	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Meerts, Pierre	Meerts, Pierre (2018): Synopsis of the genus Vitex (Lamiaceae) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Plant Ecology and Evolution 151 (3): 380-392, DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.2018.1504, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.2018.1504
03D1532200541E48FF51569DFF41FD07.text	03D1532200541E48FF51569DFF41FD07.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Vitex doniana Sweet	<div><p>8. Vitex doniana Sweet</p><p>(Sweet 1826: 323); Baker (1900: 323); Pieper (1928: 64); White (1962: 371); Huber et al. (1963: 446); Verdcourt (1992: 62); Pauwels (1993: 216); (Beentje 1994: 622); Lebrun &amp; Stork (1997: 524); van Wyk &amp; van Wyk (1997: 476); Sales (2001: 192; 2005: 85); Coates Palgrave &amp; Coates Palgrave (2005: 981); Latham &amp; Konda ku Mbuta (2010: 326); Meerts &amp; Hasson (2016: 335); Meerts (2016: 231).</p><p>– Type: Sierra Leone, Don s.n. (holo-: BM barcode BM 000839716) .</p><p>Vitex cuneata Thonn. (Schumacher 1827: 289); Baker (1900: 328); De Wildeman (1926: 205; 1929a: 8; 1929b: 101); Pieper (1928: 71); Delevoy (1929: 478).</p><p>– Type: Guinea [Ghana], Thonning 244 (holo-: Cbarcode C 10004694 ; iso-: Sbarcode S 10-29263, LE barcode LE 00016530) .</p><p>Vitex cienkowskii Kotschy &amp; Peyr. (Kotschy &amp; Peyritsch 1867: t. 12); Durand &amp; Durand (1909: 436); De Wildeman (1912a: 467; 1921: 164; 1926: 205); Delevoy (1931: 7).</p><p>– Type: South Sudan, ad Mischra Req prope Bahr Ghasal, Apr. 1863, von Heuglin 41 [sphalm. “43” in protologue] (lecto-: Wbarcode W 2004-0012683 designated by Cabral (2013) ; isolecto-: Wbarcodes W 2004-0012682, W 2004-0012684 &amp; W 2004-0012681) .</p><p>? Vitex lundensis Gürke (Gürke 1893: 168); Durand &amp; Schinz (1896: 25); Baker (1900: 327); Durand &amp; Durand (1909: 437); De Wildeman (1912b: 280); Pieper (1928: 73); Moldenke (1956: 448); Lebrun &amp; Stork (1997: 525).</p><p>– Type: D.R. Congo, Lulua river, Lunda, 17 May 1892, Pogge 1260 (B †) .</p><p>? Vitex poggei Gürke (Gürke 1893: 168); Durand &amp; Schinz (1896: 25); Baker (1900: 329); Durand &amp; Durand (1909: 437); Pieper (1928: 73); Moldenke (1957: 80); Lebrun &amp; Stork (1997: 525).</p><p>– Type: [Probably Angola], Lunda, Pogge 1255 (holo-: B, n.v.) .</p><p>Vitex dewevrei De Wild. &amp; T.Durand (Durand &amp; De Wildeman 1899: 133); De Wildeman &amp; Durand (1900: 50; 1901: 185); Baker (1900: 327); De Wildeman (1909: 128; 1912b: 91); Durand &amp; Durand (1909: 437).</p><p>– Type: D.R. Congo, Bas-Congo, Lukungu, 31 Oct. 1895, Dewèvre 459 (lecto-: BR barcode BR0000008905475 designated by Cabral (2013) ; isolecto-: BR barcodes BR0000008905437 &amp; BR0000008905482) .</p><p>Vitex homblei De Wild. (De Wildeman 1914a: 142; 1914c: 404; 1921: 164).</p><p>– Type: D.R. Congo, Elisabethville [ Lubumbashi], May 1912, Homblé 318 (lecto-: BR barcode BR0000005570850 designated by Cabral (2013) ; isolecto-: BR barcode BR0000005571185, BR0000005570867) .</p><p>A tree. Twigs fulvous to greyish puberulent. Leaves glabrous; leaflets 5, long petiolulate; lamina very coriaceous, shiny above, generally rounded at tip. Inflorescence of dichasia, generally much shorter than leaves; calyx 3–4 mm, shortly pubescent; ovary hairy; corolla whitish with bluish lower lip. Fruit c. 25 mm long.</p><p>Distribution – Widespread in tropical and subtropical Africa; Madagascar, Wof Indian Ocean.</p><p>Note – Very robust specimens of V. doniana with short inflorescence, occurring mostly in the rainforest region (e.g. Lejoly 4191 (BRLU), Dhetchuvi 1054 (BRLU)), resemble V. grandifolia, a species of Wtropical Africa, not recorded from D.R. Congo. Unlike V. grandifolia, V. doniana is never associated to ants; V. doniana has a pale blue corolla with white throat (vs. a yellowish-brown corolla with red throat in V. grandifolia).</p><p>The type specimens of V. lundensis Gürke and V. poggei Gürke have not been seen, but the protologue and the subsequent descriptions based on the original material (Baker 1900; Pieper 1928) leave little doubt that both taxa belong here.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D1532200541E48FF51569DFF41FD07	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Meerts, Pierre	Meerts, Pierre (2018): Synopsis of the genus Vitex (Lamiaceae) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Plant Ecology and Evolution 151 (3): 380-392, DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.2018.1504, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.2018.1504
03D1532200571E48FFA652E8FA83FE47.text	03D1532200571E48FFA652E8FA83FE47.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Vitex ferruginea Schumach. & Thonn.	<div><p>9. Vitex ferruginea Schumach. &amp; Thonn.</p><p>(Schumacher 1827: 228); Baker (1900: 324); Durand &amp; Durand (1909: 437); Pieper (1928: 70); Huber et al (1963: 447); Verdcourt (1992: 66); (Beentje 1994: 622); Lebrun &amp; Stork (1997: 524); Sales (2001: 193; 2005: 81); Coates Palgrave &amp; Coates Palgrave (2005: 982); Cabral (2013: 211).</p><p>– Type: Ghana, near Aquapim, Thonning 265 (lecto-: Cbarcode C 10004696, designated here, isolecto-: Cbarcodes C 10004697 &amp; C 10004695, FI barcode FI011043, Sbarcode S 11-26315) .</p><p>Vitex welwitschii Gürke (Gürke 1893: 166); Hiern (1900: 166); Baker (1900: 329); Pieper (1928: 69); De Wildeman (1929a: 20); Robyns (1947: 140); Moldenke (1958b: 223); Lebrun &amp; Stork (1997: 526).</p><p>– Type: Angola, Golungo Alto, Welwitsch 5644 (lecto-: Kbarcode K000249101 designated by Cabral (2013)) .</p><p>Vitex laurentii De Wild. (De Wildeman 1909: 129; 1910a: 255; 1912b: 132). – Vitex welwitschii var. laurentii (De Wild.) W.Piep. (Pieper 1928: 69); Robyns (1947: 141); Moldenke (1958b: 223).</p><p>– Type: D.R. Congo, Mogandjo, Mar. 1906, Laurent 1921 (lecto-: BR barcode BR0000008909305 designated by Cabral (2013), isolecto-: BR0000008909275) .</p><p>A tree. Young twigs ochraceous pubescent. Leaflets 5; petiolule 3–12 mm; lamina narrowly elliptic, acuminate, upper surface glabrous and smooth, dark blackish green in herbarium; lower surface shortly ochraceous pubescent on veins. Inflorescence of dichasia, much shorter then subtending leaf, few-flowered; bracts narrowly elliptic, discolorous, ochraceous tomentose beneath, glabrous above; calyx 3–5 mm, densely ochraceous pubescent; corolla 8–12 mm, cream with mauve lower lip, stamens long protruding; ovary hairy. Fruit 15–35 mm long.</p><p>Distribution – Widespread in tropical Africa, southwards to South Africa.</p><p>Note – Lectotypification of Vitex ferruginea Schumach. &amp; Thonn. The three specimens of Thonning 265 in C (C barcodes C10004695, C10004696, C10004697) have to be considered as syntypes (Hepper 1976). The most complete specimen is selected as the lectotype (C barcode C10004696).</p><p>Lectotypification of Vitex welwitschii Gürke. The protologue describes flowers, not fruits. Cabral (2013) designated Welwitsch 5644 (K barcode K000249101), a flowering specimen, as the lectotype. Welwitsch 5644 is, however, an admixture of specimens collected at three dates, two with flowers and one with fruits (Hiern 1900). Therefore, as pointed out by Albuquerque et al. (2009), it is not recommended to consider sheets with the same number to be isolectotypes, in the case of Welwitsch’s collections. All the other remaining original material has therefore to be considered as syntypes (BM barcodes BM000834750 &amp; BM000566971, COI barcode COI00077134, LISU barcodes LISU254232 &amp; LISU223678, PRE barcode PRE0590365-0, Cbarcode C10001498).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D1532200571E48FFA652E8FA83FE47	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Meerts, Pierre	Meerts, Pierre (2018): Synopsis of the genus Vitex (Lamiaceae) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Plant Ecology and Evolution 151 (3): 380-392, DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.2018.1504, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.2018.1504
03D1532200571E48FCD551A9FBAAFD76.text	03D1532200571E48FCD551A9FBAAFD76.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Vitex fischeri Gurke 1893	<div><p>10. Vitex fischeri Gürke</p><p>(Gürke 1893: 171); Baker (1900: 330); Pieper (1928: 60); White (1962: 371); Verdcourt (1992: 59); (Beentje 1994: 622); Lebrun &amp; Stork (1997: 524); Sales (2001: 195, 2005: 82); Meerts (2016: 231).</p><p>– Types: Tanzania, Seeengebiet [Mwanza District], Kayenzi [ Kagehi], Nov. 1885, Fischer 476 (syn-: B †) ; Usindji [ Uzinza], Stuhlmann 3576 (syn-: B †) ; Kimsani [ Kimwani] Plateau, Stuhlmann 3394 (syn-: B †) ; Muansa, Stuhlmann 4137, Stuhlmann 4184 (syn-: B †) .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D1532200571E48FCD551A9FBAAFD76	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Meerts, Pierre	Meerts, Pierre (2018): Synopsis of the genus Vitex (Lamiaceae) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Plant Ecology and Evolution 151 (3): 380-392, DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.2018.1504, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.2018.1504
03D1532200571E48FCD5536FFB1FF88E.text	03D1532200571E48FCD5536FFB1FF88E.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Vitex fischeri var. fischeri var. fischeri	<div><p>10a. Vitex fischeri var. fischeri</p><p>Vitex bequaertii De Wild. (De Wildeman 1914a: 142; 1914c: 402; 1921: 164; 1929b: 101); Delevoy (1929: 478); Pieper (1928: 60).</p><p>– Type: D.R. Congo, Haut-Katanga, Elisabethville [ Lubumbashi], 4 Apr. 1912, Bequaert 314 [“319” in error in the protologue] (lecto-: BR barcode BR 0000005570843, designated here ; isolecto-: BR barcode BR 0000005571178) .</p><p>Vitex giorgii De Wild. (De Wildeman 1929b: 103); Moldenke (1956: 375).</p><p>– Type: D.R. Congo, Haut-Katanga, Etoile du Congo, Jan. 1923, De Giorgi 391 (holo-: BR barcode BR 0000008905826) .</p><p>Vitex venulosa Moldenke (Moldenke 1952: 64; 1958b: 210); Lebrun &amp; Stork (1997: 526).</p><p>– Type: D.R. Congo, Maniema, Lumuna, Aug. 1932, Lebrun 5878 (holo-: BR barcode BR 0000008905550 ; iso-: BR barcode BR 0000008905574, P barcode P 00442322) .</p><p>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.</p><p>Distribution – Mostly E Africa, from Kenya southwards to Zambia and extending westwards to Angola.</p><p>Note – Lectotypification of Vitex bequaertii De Wild. The protologue cited Homblé 202 and Bequaert 314 [“319”]. Both match the description in the protologue. Bequaert 314 (barcode BR0000005570843) is selected because it bears annotations in De Wildeman’s handwriting.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D1532200571E48FCD5536FFB1FF88E	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Meerts, Pierre	Meerts, Pierre (2018): Synopsis of the genus Vitex (Lamiaceae) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Plant Ecology and Evolution 151 (3): 380-392, DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.2018.1504, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.2018.1504
03D1532200571E49FCD55771FE91FC39.text	03D1532200571E49FCD55771FE91FC39.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Vitex fischeri var. keniensis (Turrill 2018) Meerts 2018	<div><p>10b. Vitex fischeri var. keniensis (Turrill) Meerts,</p><p>comb. nov.</p><p>Vitex keniensis Turrill, Diagnoses Africanae LXII: 47. 1915. (Turrill 1915); Pieper (1928: 60); Moldenke (1956: 420); Verdcourt (1992: 58); (Beentje 1994: 622); Lebrun &amp; Stork (1997: 525).</p><p>– Type: British East Africa [Kenya], 1500– 1800 m, Grant in herb. Battiscombe 846 (syn-: Kbarcodes K 000192779 &amp; K 000192780; EA barcode EA 000001114) .</p><p>Distribution – Tropical E Africa from Kenya to Mozambique. V. fischeri var. keniensis is new to D.R. Congo, where it occurs in dense forests of Ituri region (Ituri, envitons de Nduye, NE de la Naitatu, Mont Balihata, rochers dans la forêt primaire, 1100 m, 12 Apr. 1977, Lisowski 43205 (POZG)).</p><p>Note – Verdcourt (1992: 52) wrote “Usually synonymized with V. fischeri, there is no doubt that it [ V. keniensis] is a distinct taxon and Ithink worthy of specific rank”. Afew years later, Ahenda (1999) concluded that V. keniensis was not distinct. However, Ahenda’s evidence is unconvincing. In particular, this author does not appear to have examined pubescence pattern of leaf upper surface and ovary. Idid find two consistent differences between specimens from dense forests and from dry woodlands. The former has persistently puberulent leaf upper surface and ovary crowned by short stiff hairs, while the latter has glabrous leaf upper upper surface and ovary with glands (occasionally a few hairs) at top. These differences justify recognition of V. keniensis at varietal rank; the subspecific rank does not seem appropriate because the area of this taxon broadly overlaps with that of the type variety.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D1532200571E49FCD55771FE91FC39	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Meerts, Pierre	Meerts, Pierre (2018): Synopsis of the genus Vitex (Lamiaceae) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Plant Ecology and Evolution 151 (3): 380-392, DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.2018.1504, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.2018.1504
03D1532200561E49FF5153AEFD7BFBC7.text	03D1532200561E49FF5153AEFD7BFBC7.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Vitex madiensis Oliv.	<div><p>11. Vitex madiensis Oliv.</p><p>(Oliver 1875: 134, Pl. 131) Baker (1900: 322); Pieper (1928: 61).</p><p>– Type: Uganda, Madi, Dec. 1862, Grant 649 (holo-: Kbarcode K 000192783) .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D1532200561E49FF5153AEFD7BFBC7	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Meerts, Pierre	Meerts, Pierre (2018): Synopsis of the genus Vitex (Lamiaceae) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Plant Ecology and Evolution 151 (3): 380-392, DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.2018.1504, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.2018.1504
03D1532200561E49FF515439FA44F9E6.text	03D1532200561E49FF515439FA44F9E6.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Vitex madiensis subsp. madiensis Verdcourt 1992	<div><p>11a. Vitex madiensis subsp. madiensis Verdcourt (1992: 60);</p><p>Pauwels (1993: 217); Lebrun &amp; Stork (1997: 525); Sales (2001: 196; 2005: 84); Coates Palgrave &amp; Coates Palgrave (2005: 983); Latham &amp; Konda ku Mbuta (2010: 326); Meerts (2016: 231).</p><p>Vitex camporum Büttn. (Büttner 1890: 35); De Wildeman (1903a: 121; 1909: 127; 1910a: 255; 1912a: 467; 1912b: 47, 367; 1921: 164); De Wildeman &amp; Durand (1900: 49); Durand &amp; De Wildeman (1898: 124); Durand &amp; Durand (1909: 436).</p><p>– Type: Angola, Welwitsch 5728 (lecto-: BM barcode BM 000839714, designated here; isolecto-: BM barcode BM 000839714, B †) .</p><p>Vitex camporum var. longipedicellata De Wild. (De Wildeman 1909: 127); De Wildeman (1910b: 400; 1912b: 298). – Type: D.R. Congo, Mayombe, Kwamouth, 25 Oct. 1903, E. &amp; M. Laurent s.n. (lecto-: BR barcode BR 0000018430080, designated here ; isolecto-: BR barcode BR 0000018430097) .</p><p>Vitex madiensis var. baumii W.Piep. (Pieper 1928: 62); Moldenke (1956: 455).</p><p>– Type: Angola, Quiriri, Baum 821 (holo-: B †) .</p><p>Vitex madiensis var. schweinfurthii (Gürke) W.Piep. (Pieper 1928: 63); Moldenke (1956: 458) – Vitex schweinfurthii Gürke (Gürke 1893: 170) .</p><p>– Type: South Soudan, Bahr-El-Ghasal, Seriba Ghattas, 7 Jul. 1869, Schweinfurth 2030 (lecto-: Kbarcode K 000192766, designated here ; isolecto-: B †) .</p><p>Vitex madiensis var. typica W.Piep. (Pieper 1928: 63); (Delevoy 1929: 483); De Wildeman (1929a: 11, 1929b: 105); Devred (1956: 113).</p><p>– Type: same as Vitex camporum Büttn.</p><p>Vitex madiensis var. glaberrima Moldenke (Moldenke 1952: 63) .</p><p>Type: D.R. Congo, Uele, env. Bambesa, Pittery 819 (holo-: BR barcode BR 0000008906205) .</p><p>Asmall tree. Leaves 1–3-foliolate; leaflets coarsely crenate-dentate, smooth above, the middle one long petiolulate. Inflorescence of dichasia, long pedunculate, pedicels with long whitish fine hairs; calyx 2–3 mm, broadly campanulate, broad triangular teeth 0.5–1 mm, with long whitish hairs; corolla whitish-mauve 6–8 mm, stamens included; ovary glabrous. Fruit c. 25–30 mm long.</p><p>Distribution – Widespread in tropical Africa.</p><p>Notes – Vitex madiensis subsp. madiensis is probably the most polymorphic Vitex taxon in Africa. Many morphotypes have received a formal taxonomic treatment; some of them have been reported in D.R. Congo by Moldenke (1956): V. madiensis var. schweinfurthii (Gürke) W.Piep. (5 leaflets; e.g. de Bergyck 34, Robyns 3018), V. madiensis var. baumii W.Piep. (leaflet margin entire; e.g. Lebrun 6748), V. madiensis var. glaberrima (glabrous in all parts; e.g. Pittery 819). These taxa are not recognized here.</p><p>The distribution ranges of V. madiensis subsp. madiensis and subsp. milanjiensis overlap broadly in southern D.R. Congo. Specimens with more or less intermediate characters, possibly of hybrid origin, are occasionally found, especially in savannas of Bas-Congo (e.g. Duvigneaud 252Vi).</p><p>Lectotypification of Vitex camporum Büttn. Vitex camporum is based on three syntypes which have all been destroyed in Berlin (Büttner 427 &amp; 428; Welwitsch 5728). Two duplicates of Welwitsch 5728 have been found in BM, and one duplicate of Büttner 427 has been found in K (K barcode K001008451); all the duplicates match the description in the protologue. Welwitsch 5728 is a better specimen and one of the two sheets is thus selected as the lectotype.</p><p>Lectotypification of Vitex camporum var. longipedicellata De Wild. De Wildeman cites one collection from Kwamouth by E. &amp; M. Laurent, s.n., which corresponds to two sheets in BR. The sheet with collecting data on the label is chosen as the lectotype.</p><p>Lectotypification of Vitex schweinfurthii Gürke. The protologue cites two collections i.e. Schweinfurth 2030 &amp; 2848. These specimens have been destroyed in Berlin. Aduplicate of Schweinfurth 2030 matching the description in the protologue exists in K, and is here selected as the lectotype.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D1532200561E49FF515439FA44F9E6	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Meerts, Pierre	Meerts, Pierre (2018): Synopsis of the genus Vitex (Lamiaceae) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Plant Ecology and Evolution 151 (3): 380-392, DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.2018.1504, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.2018.1504
03D1532200561E46FC8C56CEFA49FEB3.text	03D1532200561E46FC8C56CEFA49FEB3.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Vitex madiensis subsp. milanjiensis (Britten) F. White	<div><p>11b. Vitex madiensis subsp. milanjiensis (Britten) F.White</p><p>(White 1962: 455); Verdcourt (1992: 61); Lebrun &amp; Stork (1997: 524); Sales (2001: 197; 2005: 84); Coates Palgrave &amp; Coates Palgrave (2005: 983); Meerts &amp; Hasson (2016: 336); Meerts (2016: 231).</p><p>– Vitex madiensis var. milanjiensis (Britten) W.Piep. (Pieper 1928: 63); De Wildeman (1929a: 12; 1929b: 105); Delevoy (1929: 483).</p><p>– Vitex milanjiensis Britten (Britten 1894: 36); Baker (1900: 330).</p><p>– Types: Malawi, Milanji [Mulanje], 6000 ft [1800 m], Oct. 1891, Whyte 138 (syn-: BM barcode BM001124551); Malawi, Zomba, Sept. 1891, Whyte s.n. (syn-: BM barcode BM000566972; Kbarcode K000249031).</p><p>Vitex grisea Baker (Baker 1900: 325) .</p><p>– Type: Angola, Distr. Huilla, in silvestribus alte dumetosis de Catumba, Welwitsch 5759 (lecto-: Kbarcode K 001067050, designated here ; isolecto-: BM barcode BM 000839718), synon. nov .</p><p>Vitex huillensis Hiern (Hiern 1900: 837); De Wildeman (1914b: 191) nom. illeg.</p><p>Vitex hockii De Wild. (De Wildeman 1914b: 113; 1914c: 403; 1921: 164); Pieper (1928: 61); Delevoy (1929: 483).</p><p>– Type: D.R. Congo, Haut-Katanga, Manika, Oct. 1911, Hock s.n. (holo-: BR barcode BR 0000008906557) .</p><p>Vitex ringoetii De Wild. (De Wildeman 1914a: 143; 1914c: 407; 1921: 165).</p><p>– Type: D.R. Congo, Nieuwdorp, Oct. 1912, Ringoet 1 (holo-: BR barcode BR 0000005571505) .</p><p>Vitex epidictyodes Mildbr. ex W.Piep. (Pieper 1928: 61; 1929: 164).</p><p>– Vitex madiensis subsp. milanjiensis var. epidictyodes (W.Piep.) Verdc. (Verdcourt 1992: 61); Lebrun &amp; Stork (1997: 525).</p><p>– Type: Malawi, Langenburg, am nordende des Nyassa, Stolz 556 (First-step lectotype designated by Pieper (1929); second-step lectotype: Bbarcode B 100279988, designated here ; isolecto-: BM barcode BM001125198, Gbarcode G00366697, Pbarcode P00713461, Ubarcode U0040942, Zbarcode Z-000067396) .</p><p>Differs from the type subspecies by the following traits. A shrub. Twigs stout, often wine red. Leaves 5 foliolate; lamina abruptly contracted at tip and cuspidate, very coriaceous, entire; upper surface very scabrid, reticulum prominulent.</p><p>Distribution – Zambezian region, from Angola eastwards to Tanzania and Mozambique.</p><p>Notes – Dwarf, geofrutescent forms of V. madiensis subsp. milanjiensis occur throughout the distribution range of subsp. milanjiensis . They have been repeatedly described as V. hockii De Wild., V. ringoetii De Wild., V. epidictyodes W.Piep., V. caespitosa Exell. Such forms pose two different taxonomic problems. First, it is unclear if they are genetically fixed or if, alternatively, they represent pyrophytic forms induced by burning; Verdcourt (1992) favoured the former hypothesis. Secondly, assuming it is genetically fixed, it is not clear if that morph is monophyletic or, alternatively, if it has evolved several times independently in response to selection by fire or other environmental constraints. Ihave not been able to find differences between dwarf and tall morphs except size.</p><p>Lectotypification of Vitex epidictyodes Mildbr. ex W.Piep. Three syntypes are cited in the protologue (Stolz 556; Stolz 1478; Trotha 95). Pieper (1929) designated Stolz 556 as the lectotype (see Verdcourt 1992). Many specimens of that gathering have been distributed and Pieper (1929) did not indicate a specific herbarium; therefore second-step lectotypification is necessary (art 9.17 of ICN; McNeill et al. 2012). Since Pieper worked in Berlin, Itherefore select the specimen kept in Berlin as the lectotype.</p><p>Lectotypification of Vitex grisea Baker. The specimen of Welwitsch 5759 deposited in Kis chosen as the lectotype for two reasons. First it shows better the acute leaflet tips mentioned in the protologue; secondly, Baker worked at Kew Botanic Gardens after Welwitsch’s collections were split and, therefore, almost certainly used the duplicates deposited in K. This morphotype is a somewhat extreme variant in the phenetic variation space of the polymorphic Vitex madiensis subsp. milanjiensis not deserving formal taxonomic recognition.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D1532200561E46FC8C56CEFA49FEB3	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Meerts, Pierre	Meerts, Pierre (2018): Synopsis of the genus Vitex (Lamiaceae) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Plant Ecology and Evolution 151 (3): 380-392, DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.2018.1504, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.2018.1504
03D1532200591E46FCD55127FB3CFB33.text	03D1532200591E46FCD55127FB3CFB33.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Vitex mombassae Vatke 1882	<div><p>12. Vitex mombassae Vatke</p><p>(Vatke 1882: 533); Baker (1900: 326); De Wildeman (1903a: 121; 1912b: 367; 1921: 165; 1929b: 106); Durand &amp; Durand (1909: 437); Pieper (1928: 66); Delevoy (1929: 484); White (1962: 371); Verdcourt (1992: 64); (Beentje 1994: 623); Bredenkamp &amp; Botha (1996: 146); Lebrun &amp; Stork (1997: 525); van Wyk &amp; van Wyk (1997: 476); Sales (2001: 197; 2005: 87); Smith &amp; Allen (2004: 82); Coates Palgrave &amp; Coates Palgrave (2005: 983); Meerts &amp; Hasson (2016: 337); Meerts (2016: 231).</p><p>– Type: “[Kenya] [Prope] Mombassa [in ora zanzibarensi], Jan. 1876, Hildebrandt 1972 (lecto-: BM barcode BM000839709 designated by Cabral (2013) ; isolecto-: K barcode K000192785, Wbarcode W 0008469) .</p><p>Vitex mufutu De Wild. (De Wildeman 1914a: 142; 1914c: 406; 1921: 165).</p><p>– Type: D.R. Congo, Haut-Katanga, Etoile du Congo, Dec. 1911, Hock s.n. (holo-: BR barcode BR 0000008905451) .</p><p>Ashrub or a small tree. Young twigs orange to fulvous tomentose. Leaflets 3–5, petiolule 0(–5) mm; lamina obtuse to rounded at tip, pubescent on both surfaces. Inflorescence of dichasia, few flowered, branches yellowish pubescent; calyx 4–7 mm, yellowish woolly tomentose, corolla cream, mauve tinged, 10–20 mm, stamens very long protruding; ovary hairy; fruit c. 35 mm long.</p><p>Distribution – Eand S Africa, from Kenya southwards to South Africa and westwards to D.R. Congo.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D1532200591E46FCD55127FB3CFB33	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Meerts, Pierre	Meerts, Pierre (2018): Synopsis of the genus Vitex (Lamiaceae) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Plant Ecology and Evolution 151 (3): 380-392, DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.2018.1504, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.2018.1504
03D1532200591E46FCD554A7FC1DF948.text	03D1532200591E46FCD554A7FC1DF948.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Vitex oxycuspis Baker	<div><p>13. Vitex oxycuspis Baker</p><p>(Baker 1900: 326); Pieper (1928: 56); Moldenke (1957: 31; 1967: 314); Aubréville (1956: 232); Huber et al. (1963: 446); Lebrun &amp; Stork (1997: 525).</p><p>– Type: Nigeria, Old Calabar River, Feb. 1863, Mann 2243 (holo-: Kbarcode K 000192745) .</p><p>Asmall tree. Twigs almost glabrous. Leaves 3–5-foliolate; petiole slender, with papilliform hairs, petiolules 5–18 mm, lamina long acuminate, coarsely serrate, thin and membranaceous, almost glabrous or with short papilliform hairs on veins. Inflorescence of dichasia, long pedunculate, fewflowered, branches with papilliform hairs; calyx campanulate 2–3 mm, teeth 0.5–1 m broadly triangular, puberulent; ovary glabrous; fruit c. 8 mm long.</p><p>Distribution – Tropical Wand CAfrica, from Guinea southwards to Angola.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D1532200591E46FCD554A7FC1DF948	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Meerts, Pierre	Meerts, Pierre (2018): Synopsis of the genus Vitex (Lamiaceae) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Plant Ecology and Evolution 151 (3): 380-392, DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.2018.1504, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.2018.1504
03D1532200591E47FCD556B9FEAAFD92.text	03D1532200591E47FCD556B9FEAAFD92.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Vitex payos (Lour.) Merr.	<div><p>14. Vitex payos (Lour.) Merr.</p><p>(Merrill 1935: 334); Moldenke (1957: 45); Verdcourt (1992: 63); (Beentje 1994: 623); Lebrun &amp; Stork (1997: 525); van Wyk &amp; van Wyk (1997: 478); (Sales 2001: 200; 2005: 86); Coates Palgrave &amp; Coates Palgrave (2005: 985); Cabral (2013: 238); Meerts (2016: 231), nom. conserv.</p><p>– Type: Tanzania, Tanga, Jan. 1893, Volkens 1 (neo-: BM barcode BM000839710 designated by Verdcourt (1989) ; isoneo-: E00193459) .</p><p>A shrub. Young twigs with woolly fulvous tomentum. Leaves 5-foliolate, petiolule 0; lamina rounded at tip, softly pubescent above, strongly discolorous, greyish floccosetomentose beneath. Inflorescence of dichasia, greyish-beige tomentose; calyx 3–4 mm, greyish-beige tomentose; corolla 6–8 mm, whitish-mauve; stamens included, ovary hairy. Fruit 14–30 mm long.</p><p>Distribution – From Kenya southwards to Zimbabwe, and westwards to Angola.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D1532200591E47FCD556B9FEAAFD92	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Meerts, Pierre	Meerts, Pierre (2018): Synopsis of the genus Vitex (Lamiaceae) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Plant Ecology and Evolution 151 (3): 380-392, DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.2018.1504, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.2018.1504
03D1532200581E47FF505205FAD5FF75.text	03D1532200581E47FF505205FAD5FF75.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Vitex rivularis Gurke 1903	<div><p>15. Vitex rivularis Gürke</p><p>(Gürke 1903: 297); Pieper (1928: 1956); Aubréville (1956: 233); Huber et al. (1963: 446); Moldenke (1968: 34); Lebrun &amp; Stork (1997: 526).</p><p>– Type: Cameroun, Bipinde, am Lokundje-Ufer, 80 m, Apr. 1897, Zenker 1333 (holo-: B †, iso-: Pbarcodes P 00442317, P 00442318 &amp; P 00442319, BM barcode BM 000834558, E barcodes E 00214021 &amp; E 00193458, Gbarcodes G 00023655 &amp; G 00023656, Wbarcode W 1898-0006745, HBG barcode HBG513570, Kbarcode K 000192753, WU barcode WU 0069994, KFTA barcode KFTA 0002112) .</p><p>Vitex vermoesenii De Wild. (De Wildeman 1929a: 16; 1929b: 66) pro parte, excl. syntypes Pynaert 1696 (BR, BM), Sparano 129 (BR), Vermoesen 1733 (BR) . – Type: D.R. Congo, Mayombe, Temvo, 6 Mar. 1919, Vermoesen 1742 (lecto-: BR barcode BR 0000008906588, designated here ; isolecto-: BR barcode BR 0000008906595, BM barcode BM 001209278), synon. nov .</p><p>A tree. Twigs almost glabrous except at nodes. Leaves 5–7-foliolate; petiole 10–20 cm, almostglabrous; petiolules 5–25 mm, lamina abruptly contracted into a long fine acumen, upper surface slightly scabrid, lower surface almost glabrous, with many yellow glands, (8–)11–20 pairs of secondary veins. Inflorescence of dichasia, much branched, long pedunculate, multiflorous; calyx 1.5–2 mm, with many yellow glands, corolla c. 4 mm, whitish, with lower lip purplish, ovary glandulose. Fruit 20–30 mm long.</p><p>Distribution – Wtropical Africa, from Ghana southwards to Angola.</p><p>Note – Lectotypification of Vitex vermoesenii De Wild. Five syntypes are cited in the protologue (de Briey 55, Pynaert 1696, Sparano 129, Vermoesen 1742, Vermoesen 1933). They are an admixture of two species. Pynaert 1696 (BR barcodes BR0000009861466 &amp; BR0000009861794, BM barcode BM001209279), Sparano 129 (barcode BR0000009862159), and Vermoesen 1933 (barcodes BR0000009862180 &amp; BR0000009861817) are Vitex ferruginea Schumach. &amp; Thonn. On the other hand, de Briey 55 (BR barcodes BR0000009861480 &amp; BR0000009862173) and Vermoesen 1742 (BR barcodes BR0000008906588 &amp; BR0000008906595, BM barcode BM001209278) are Vitex rivularis Gürke. The protologue describes Vitex vermoesenii as having “… calice de env. 1 mm de long, …” and “… inflorescence formant une panicule terminale ample…” “… inflorescences partielles axillaires atteignant 10 cm de diam.; …” (De Wildeman 1929a); all these characters clearly point to Vitex rivularis . Vermoesen 1742 (BR barcode BR0000008906588) is chosen as the lectotype because it has De Wildeman’s handwriting on the label.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D1532200581E47FF505205FAD5FF75	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Meerts, Pierre	Meerts, Pierre (2018): Synopsis of the genus Vitex (Lamiaceae) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Plant Ecology and Evolution 151 (3): 380-392, DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.2018.1504, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.2018.1504
03D1532200581E47FC8C515BFA9DFADC.text	03D1532200581E47FC8C515BFA9DFADC.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Vitex rubroaurantiaca De Wild.	<div><p>16. Vitex rubroaurantiaca De Wild.</p><p>(De Wildeman 1929a: 15, as “ rubro­aurantiaca ”).</p><p>– Type: D.R. Congo, entre Masisi et Walikale, 3 Jan. 1915, forêt vierge, Bequaert 6469 (lecto-: BR barcode BR 0000008906236, designated here ; isolecto-: BR barcode BR 0000008906175) .</p><p>Vitex duboisii Moldenke (Moldenke 1952: 60); Moldenke (1955b: 327); Lebrun &amp; Stork (1997: 524).</p><p>– Type: D.R. Congo, Kutu, Ekota territ., Tshuapa distr., Sept. 1934, Dubois 608 (holo-: BR barcode BR 0000008906182 ; iso-: BR barcode BR 0000008906199), synon. nov .</p><p>Vitex lebrunii Moldenke (Moldenke 1952: 62); Moldenke (1956: 435); Lebrun &amp; Stork (1997: 525).</p><p>– Type: D.R. Congo, Entre Walikale et Koleke, Mar. 1932, Lebrun 5303 (holo-: BR barcode BR 0000008905581 ; iso-: BR barcode BR 0000008905604, Kbarcode K 000192764, Pbarcode P 00464225), synon. nov .</p><p>A shrub, generally blackening in herbarium, almost glabrous in all its parts. Leaves 5-foliolate; petiolule 1–15 mm, lamina narrowly elliptic-oblanceolate, long attenuate at base, acuminate, 5–10 secondary veins. Inflorescence of dichasia, few-flowered, much shorter then subtending leaf, peduncle &lt;30 mm, branches puberulous, compressed; calyx 2–3.5 mm, sparsely puberulous, corolla orange or whitish, 10–12 mm. Fruit c. 22 mm long, yellow.</p><p>Distribution – Endemic to D.R. Congo.</p><p>Notes – The type specimens of Vitex duboisii De Wild. and Vitex lebrunii Moldenke show the characteristic traits of Vitex rubroaurantiaca, i.e. glabrous leaves blackening in herbarium, very short peduncle, few-flowered inflorescence, yellow fruits.</p><p>Lectotypification of Vitex rubroaurantiaca De Wild. One gatheringiscitedintheprotologue (Bequaert 6469), represented in BR by two isotypes (BR barcodes BR0000008906236 &amp; BR0000008906175). Iselect the sheet with De Wildeman’s handwriting on the label as the lectotype.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D1532200581E47FC8C515BFA9DFADC	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Meerts, Pierre	Meerts, Pierre (2018): Synopsis of the genus Vitex (Lamiaceae) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Plant Ecology and Evolution 151 (3): 380-392, DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.2018.1504, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.2018.1504
03D1532200581E44FC8C55C0FDA2FF75.text	03D1532200581E44FC8C55C0FDA2FF75.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Vitex thyrsiflora Baker	<div><p>17. Vitex thyrsiflora Baker</p><p>(Baker 1895: 152; 1900: 319); Pieper (1928: 54); Moldenke (1958a: 152); Huber et al. (1963: 446); Lebrun &amp; Stork (1997: 526).</p><p>– Type: Nigeria, Interior of western Lagos, 1893, Rowland s.n. (lecto-: K barcode K 000192742, designated here) .</p><p>A liana. Twigs strongly quadrangular, hollow, myrmecophilous. Leaves 5-foliolate, petiolule 8–10 mm, lamina with a fine acumen, 7–8 pairs of secondary veins, upper surface scabrid, lower surface almost glabrous, with many yellow glands. Inflorescence of thyrses in the axils of leaves and grouped in a terminal panicle; calyx truncate, 2–3 mm, corolla whitish, 4–6 mm; fruit globose, c. 7 mm, orange to blackish, subtended by patelliform calyx.</p><p>Distribution – Wtropical Africa, from Guinea to D.R. Congo.</p><p>Note – Lectotypification of Vitex thyrsiflora Baker. Baker (1895) cites two specimens: Harrison s.n. (K barcode K000192741), and Rowland s.n. (Kbarcode K000192742). Both match the protologue. The latter is a better preserved specimen and is therefore chosen as the lectotype.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D1532200581E44FC8C55C0FDA2FF75	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Meerts, Pierre	Meerts, Pierre (2018): Synopsis of the genus Vitex (Lamiaceae) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Plant Ecology and Evolution 151 (3): 380-392, DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.2018.1504, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.2018.1504
03D15322005B1E44FFA65272FD68FD2E.text	03D15322005B1E44FFA65272FD68FD2E.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Vitex lukafuensis De Wild.	<div><p>Vitex lukafuensis De Wild.</p><p>(De Wildeman 1903a: 121).</p><p>– Type: D.R. Congo, Haut-Katanga, environs de Lukafu, Verdick 63 (holo-: BR barcode BR0000005104642), is Schinziophyton rautanenii (Schinz) Radcl.-Sm. ( Euphorbiaceae).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D15322005B1E44FFA65272FD68FD2E	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Meerts, Pierre	Meerts, Pierre (2018): Synopsis of the genus Vitex (Lamiaceae) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Plant Ecology and Evolution 151 (3): 380-392, DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.2018.1504, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.2018.1504
