Boehmeria zollingeriana var. podocarpa

Wilmot-Dear, C. M. & Friis, I., 2013, The Old World species of Boehmeria (Urticaceae, tribus Boehmerieae). A taxonomic revision, Blumea 58 (2), pp. 85-216 : 120-121

1. All leaves narrowly ovate with length more than 2 × width, apex gradually long-attenuate; female inflorescence-bearing axes much branched and erect, 20–25 cm, with clusters often absent from lower quarter or half of axis.......................................... b. var. podocarpa a. var. zollingeriana — Fig. 8a–c ; Map 10

Boehmeria heteroidea Blume (1857) 216. ― Type: Helfer s.n. (holo L; iso W), Himalaya.

Boehmeria heteroidea Blume var. latifolia Gagnep.(1929) 844. ― Boehmeria zollingeriana Wedd.var. latifolia (Gagnep.) T.H. Nguyên (2003) 210. ― Syntypes: Pierre 4808 (P; isosyn NY), Vietnam, [ Cochinchina], Monts Dinh, Baria; Kerr s.n. (n.v.), Thailand, Doi Sutep.

Stem and petioles glabrous. Leaves broadly ovate or deltate, medium or large, 14–19 by 9.5–14 cm, length 1.3–1.4 × width; margin always crenate, teeth c. 2 by 8 mm; leaf apex with abrupt short acumen; base rounded to truncate or cordate; upper lateral veins usually only 2 –3, lowermost often arising near middle of lamina, coarser scalariform tertiary veins often conspicuous ± prominent abaxially. Male clusters often with only 5–10 flowers. Female inflorescence-axes often pendulous, without robust naked basal region, (20–) 30–40 cm, often unbranched or few-branched.

Distribution ― Throughout the range of the species excluding Taiwan and the Philippines.

Habitat & Ecology ― Deciduous or evergreen forest or open areas with shrubs and stunted trees, including beach forest, often on limestone; sea level– 1100 m altitude.

Note ― See under the species as a whole.

Figures

Map 10 Distribution of Boehmeria zollingeriana Wedd. var. zollingeriana.

Fig. 8 a–c: Boehmeria zollingeriana Wedd. var. zollingeriana. a. Habit of plant with female inflorescence-bearing axes; b. leaf; c. winged fruiting perianth. — d–h: Boehmeria zollingeriana var. podocarpa (W.T.Wang) W.T.Wang & C.J.Chen. d. Habit of plant with axillary male flower-clusters (inflorescences) on main stem and branched inflorescence-bearing axes with female clusters (inflorescences); e. detail of stem with stipule and pair of male flower-clusters (inflores- cences), flowers pedicellate; f. male bud; g. detail of female axis with three flower-clusters (inflorescences); h. unwinged fruiting perianth (a: Winit 1422; b, c: Henry 12541A; d–f: Ford 33; g, h: Collett 922; all K). — Scale bars: a = 5 cm; b, d = 2 cm; c, f, h = 1 mm; e, g = 2 mm.