Notes on the Rhodocolea racemosa (Lam.) H. Perrier (Bignoniaceae) species complex Author Phillipson, Peter B. Missouri Botanical Garden, P. O. Box 299, St. Louis, MO, 63166 - 0299, U. S. A. & Institut de Systématique, Évolution, et Biodiversité (UMR 7205 – CNRS MNHN EPHE UPMC), Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, C. P. 39, rue Cuvier 57, F- 75231 Paris CEDEX 05, France. peter.phillipson@mobot.org Author Callmander, Martin W. Missouri Botanical Garden, P. O. Box 299, St. Louis, Missouri, 63166 - 0299, U. S. A. Currently at: Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève, C. P. 60, 1292 Chambésy, Switzerland. text Candollea 2015 2015-12-01 70 2 257 265 journal article 20884 10.15553/c2015v702a13 85508c46-5c11-4834-864c-dc41d3a1c119 2235-3658 5721413 Rhodocolea parviflora (Baker) Phillipson & Callm , comb. nova. ≡ Colea parviflora Baker in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 428. 1885. Typus: MADAGASCAR : Central Madagascar , s.d., Baron 3099 ( holo- : K [ K001042024 ]!; iso-: [P00647481]!). Observations . – Rhodocolea parviflora is distinguished by its rather fine leafy branches, bearing leaves frequently with as few as 3 relatively thin-textured elliptic leaflets, with the terminal leaflet much larger that the lateral ones, rounded at the base and shortly attenuate at the apex, or with 5-7 leaflets. Young growth is finely but sparsely pubescent in some specimens. The inflorescences are borne at the apex of the branches, they are frequently branched to form a dense panicle, with the flowers tending to be borne in clusters. The flowers are rather small, the calyx ca. 3 mm long and acutely lobed, the corolla ca. 20 mm long, apparently predominantly pink. The species was originally described from “Central Madagascar ”, but we now include material from the Moramanga region at ca. 900 m elevation, and from Betampona Reserve at mid-elevation.