Sabdariffa noldeae (Baker f.) Mwachala & R.L.Barrett, 2025

Sabdariffa noldeae (Baker f.) Mwachala & R.L.Barrett View in CoL , comb. nov.

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Hibiscus noldeae Baker f., J. Bot. View in CoL 77: 20–21 (1939). Type: Angola: Malange , Quela, Apr. 1938, I. von Nolde 713 (holo: BM 013726657 ) .

Hibiscus eetveldeanus var. asperatus De Wild., Bull. Jard. Bot. État View in CoL 3: 279 (1911). Type: Democratic Republic of The Congo: Kasai Province , Katola, Apr. 1908, A. Sapin s.n. (lecto, here designated: BR 000000895243 ; isolecto: BR 000000895214 ) .

Descriptions and illustrations

De Wildeman (1911, p. 279); Baker (1939, pp. 20–21); Hauman (1963, pp. 119–120); Maquet (1983, p. 383, fig. 121, 6a, b); Wilson (1999, pp. 59–60, fig. 1h); Leistner (2008, p. 115); Mwachala (2009, p. 39); van der Burg (2013, p. 63).

Typification

There are two type sheets of Hibiscus eetveldeanus var. asperatus at BR and the sheet with a full flower and original collection slip is here designated as the lectotype .

Notes

Mullenders (1954, p. 79) is sometimes attributed as having coined a homonym Hibiscus furcatus Mullend. but this is merely a misapplication of the name, without a description, that actually applies to the concept of S. noldeae .

Distribution

Widespread in tropical Africa, in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of The Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.