Notes on the Vascular Flora of the Island of Príncipe (São Tomé and Príncipe) in the Gulf of Guinea
Author
Daniel, Thomas F.
text
Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences
2020
2020-10-30
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.13157426
0068-547X
13157426
Brillantaisia lamium
(Nees) Benth.
Príncipe
:
Road
/trail from
Terreiro Velho
to
Infante D. Henrique
, vicinity of
Roça Ribeira
to
Órgãos Basálticos
/
Os Dois Irmãos
(01°35.002ʹN, 007°25.539ʹE,
115 m
) to
Rio Chibala
(01°34.442ʹN, 007°25.218ʹE,
80 m
), second growth forest and disturbed areas,
20 IV 2013
(flr, frt),
T
. Daniel et al. 12023
(
CAS
)-purple corollas; same locale,
20 IV 2013
(flr, frt),
T
. Daniel et al. 12024
(
CAS
)-white corollas
.
In a taxonomic revision of
Brillantaisia
P. Beauv.,
Sidwell (1998:74)
noted that plants with entirely white corollas were occasionally found among the otherwise usually blue-purple to violetflowered species, including
B. lamium
and
B. vogeliana
, both of which occur in
São Tomé and Príncipe
. Daniel and Figueiredo (2009:646 and fig. 3
G
,
H
) noted the occurrence of both purplish- and white-flowered plants of
B. vogeliana
on
São Tomé
, which species only occurs on that island in the country.
Brillantaisia lamium
occurs on both islands, but the occurrence of both color forms for this species was noted only for
São Tomé
(Daniel and Figueiredo 2009). Both color forms of
B. lamium
are documented above on
Príncipe
, as well. Additional collections of
B. lamium
with both purple to blue-purple and white corollas have been made elsewhere on the island. Plants with corollas having a somewhat intermediate coloration, mostly white but with a faint lavender tinge, also occur in
Príncipe
(e.g.,
Daniel et al. 11695
at
CAS
, from ca.
2 km
south of Bela Vista along the Rio Papagaio).