Notes on African Combretum Loefl. species (Combretaceae) Author Jongkind, Carel C. H. text Adansonia 2014 3 2014-12-31 36 2 315 327 http://dx.doi.org/10.5252/a2014n2a11 journal article 10.5252/a2014n2a11 1639-4798 4599512 Combretum umbricola Engler ( Fig. 9 ) Abhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin : 17 (1894); Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete : 288 (1895); Engler & Diels, Monographieen afrikanischer Pflanzen Familien und Gattungen 3: 23, table 5d (1899); Liben, Flore du Congo , du Rwanda et du Burundi , Combretaceae : 56 (1968); Wickens, Flora of East Tropical Africa , Combretaceae : 20 (1973); Exell, Flora Zambesiaca 4: 111 (1978). — Type : Tanzania , Tanga Distr. , Doda, fl., VI.1893 , Holst 2965 (holo-, B, destroyed; lecto-, K, designated here; iso-, HBG, M; fragm. & photo: BR). FIG. 9. — Distribution map of Combretum umbricola Engler showing the location of the specimens formerly assigned to Combretum tanaense (arrows). Combretum tanaense J.J.Clark, Kew Bulletin : 263 (1911); Wickens, Flora of East Tropical Africa , Combretaceae : 20 (1973), syn. nov. NOTE Recently collected specimens bridge the gap between the two former species and show that there is only one species involved. After including the new synonym, and several newly identified specimens,the distribution of this species stretches now from Sudan to Mozambique and from 1500 m altitude to sea level ( Fig. 9 ) .