Kleinhovia hospita L.

  • Filed As

    Malvaceae
    Kleinhovia hospita L.

  • Collector(s)

    E. D. Merrill 291, Aug 1913

  • Location

    Philippines. Bulacan. Angat.

  • Collection Notes

    "Merrill: Species Blancoanae"

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 4351409

    Occurrence ID: 9e407dca-a092-40bd-b0f3-eaa27f3a1431

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Malvales

  • Family

    Malvaceae

  • All Determinations

    Kleinhovia hospita L.

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SPECIES BÍAMCOANAE
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SKjrcies bíamCoanae
291. KleinhoTla hospita Linn.;
Blanoo
KleinlioTia serrata Blanoo
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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KLEINHOVIA Linnaeus
KLEINHOVIA HOSPITA Linn.; Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 652; ed. 2 (1845).
455; ed. 8, 3 (1879) 57, t. 328.	. ,
Klejnhovia serrata BÍanéo FI. Filip. (1837) 653 (sp. nov.); ed. 2 (1845)-
456; ed. 3, 3 (1879) 58=KLEINHOVIA HOSPITA Linn.
The Linnean species was correctly interpreted by Blanco. It
is common and widely distributed in the Archipelago at low
altitudes, and it is especially characteristic of recently cleared
areas that are reverting to a forested condition. Tanag is its
most universally used native name. Fernandez-Villar did not
attempt to reduce Kleinhovia serrata. Blanco’s description is
very short, but he states that it was scarcely to be distinguished
from 'Kleinhovia hospiba Linn. His specimens were from Pasig.
The pubescent form of Kleinhovia hospita still occurs in Pasig,
but is no longer common. The only possible objection to ttiis^
reduction of Blanco’s species is -Hiwdescription of the leaves as
sérraté; young leaves are sometimes very obscurely 3-lobed.
Illustrative specimen from Angat, Bulacan Province, Luzon,
August, 1918 {Merrill: Species Bkmcoanae No. 291).
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