PLANTAE / PHANEROGAMAE / ANTHOPHYTA / MALVALES / MALVACEAE / MALVOIDEAE / GOSSYPIEAE / GOSSYPIOIDES / KIRKII
Perennial, much branched, sprawling shrub, up to 2 m tall. Stems ribbed, angled or winged. Leaves, petioles, pedicels and young stems finely hairy or almost glabrous. Fruiting branches sympodial, many jointed. Leaves large, deeply cordate, 2/3-palmatifid into usually 5, rarely 7 lobes. Nectaries on the main veins above the level of the leaf sinuses. Stipules large and very conspicuous, broad, oblique, clasping the stem, persistent. Bracteoles large, persistent, deeply cordate, divided along the upper margin into 10-15 acute or acuminate teeth. Petals hardly exceeding the bracteoles in length, deep golden yellow. Staminal column rather short, antheriferous throughout. Filaments short, all about the same length. Stamens rather compactly arranged, often in five ranks. Stigmas free, spreading. Capsules 3-4 locular, almost spherical; each loculus containing two basal ovules, the whole of the rest of the cavity being filled with a mass of short hairs (3-5 mm long), rusty red at maturity, growing inwards from the suture. Seeds ovoid, black, bearing streaks of very minute brown fuzz hairs, giving a black and brown striped effect. From: Hutchinson, JB. 1947. Notes on the classification and distribution of genera related to Gossypium. New Phytol. 46(1): 123-141. [https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1469-8137.1947.tb05075.x] [All rights reserved]
It is curious that no one seems to have observed that the characteristic rusty red hairs occupying a large part of each loculus in the capsule develop from the capsule sutures and not from the seed. Watt (1907, pi. 51) even illustrates the seed ‘showing floss’. His illustration (same plate) of the seed '(floss removed)’ shows all the hair that actually grows from the seed coat. From: Hutchinson, JB. 1947. Notes on the classification and distribution of genera related to Gossypium. New Phytol. 46(1): 123-141. [https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1469-8137.1947.tb05075.x] [All rights reserved]
Coastal sands and dry hills. From: Hutchinson, JB. 1947. Notes on the classification and distribution of genera related to Gossypium. New Phytol. 46(1): 123-141. [https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1469-8137.1947.tb05075.x] [All rights reserved]
Coastal Kenya, coastal sands and dry hills in eastern Tanganyika, coastal sands in Portuguese East Africa and northern Natal. From: Hutchinson, JB. 1947. Notes on the classification and distribution of genera related to Gossypium. New Phytol. 46(1): 123-141. [https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1469-8137.1947.tb05075.x] [All rights reserved]
30 to 65 m
This map contains point-based occurrences at different locations
Occurrence in the Flora of Southern Africa (FSA) countries and South African provinces. Residence status indicates if a taxon is indigenous, endemic, naturalised or invasive in a specific region. This data is based on specimen records and literature
FSA
SA
BOT
NAM
ESW
LES
WC
EC
NC
FS
GA
KZN
LP
MP
NW
Absent
Indigenous
Endemic
Naturalised
Invasive
Names and Sources
Classification
KINGDOM Plantae
SUBKINGDOM Phanerogamae
PHYLUM Anthophyta
ORDER Malvales
FAMILY Malvaceae
SUBFAMILY Malvoideae
TRIBE Gossypieae
GENUS Gossypioides
SPECIES kirkii
17 results for Gossypioides kirkii (Mast.) J.B.Hutch.
Barcode: PRE0353206-0 Collector(s) & number: Strey, RG, 5600 | 1964-11-23
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, HLABISA DIST.; DUKUDUKU; U 175
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Barcode: NH0049331-0 Collector(s) & number: Ward, CJ, 3720 | 1961-9-10
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Ingwavuma district . Manguzi Forest W of Maputa.
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Barcode: NH0056512-0 Collector(s) & number: Strey, RG, 6817 | 1966-9-4
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Hlabisa.
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Barcode: NH0062430-0 Collector(s) & number: Ward, CJ, 5100 | 1965-4-4
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Durban district. Clairwood south.
General notes: Only 1 seen.
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Barcode: PRE0283625-0 Collector(s) & number: Strey, RG, 6817 | 1966-9-4
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, HLABISA DIST.; ALONG OLD ST. LUCIA RD.
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Barcode: PRE0999298-0 Collector(s) & number: Styles, DGA, 4950 | 2014-11-21
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Dukuduku Forest.
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Barcode: PRE0283629-0 Collector(s) & number: Ward, CJ, 3720 | 1961-9-10
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, INGWAVUMA DIST.; MAPUTA; MANGUZI FOR. W. OF TOWN
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Barcode: NH0086395-0 Collector(s) & number: Bodenstein, J, 59 | 1986-1-22
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, 5km east of Maputa. ± 1km south of road.
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Barcode: NH0138585-0 Collector(s) & number: Styles, DGA, 4950 | 2014-11-21
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Dukuduku Forest.
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Barcode: PRE0353205-0 Collector(s) & number: Ward, CJ, 7238 | 1971-10-16
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, DUKUDUKU FOR. RES.
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Barcode: PRE0283628-0 Collector(s) & number: Wells, MJ, 2100 | 1960-11-21
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, ZULULAND; HLABISA DIST.; DUKUDUKU
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Barcode: NH0101859-0 Collector(s) & number: Gordon, I, 346 | 1986-9-13
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Dukuduku State Forest. South eastern portion of forest.
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Barcode: PRE0283626-0 Collector(s) & number: Moll, EJ, 3870 | 1967-11-25
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, MAPUTA STORE
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Barcode: NH0064302-0 Collector(s) & number: Ward, CJ, 7238 | 1971-10-16
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Dukuduku Forest Reserve. 28°22'S 32°21'E
General notes: Altitude: ± 34m.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0869266-0 Collector(s) & number: Rejmanek, M, sn15 | 2014-8-15
Angola,
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0283630-0 Collector(s) & number: Moll, EJ, 2779 | 1965-11-26
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, HLABISA DIST.; DUKUDUKU EAST
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0735872-0 Collector(s) & number: Ward, MC, 2289 | 1988-2-19
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, MANGUZI FOREST RESER
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
This map contains point-based occurrences at different locations
1961
FLORA
28. Malvaceae (part 2) Exell, AWFlora Zambesiaca 1(2)420-475
Crown Agents for Oversea Governments & Administrations, London
1947
PERIODICAL/JOURNAL
Notes on the classification and distribution of genera related to Gossypium Hutchinson, JBNew Phytologist; a British Botanical Journal. London 46(1)123-141
No results found for Gossypioides kirkii (Mast.) J.B.Hutch.
Status and criteria
NE
Assessor(s)
Plantae Coordinator
| Part(s) of plant used | Use(s) | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Roots | Medicinally - Animals (Used by: Swahili) | Kokwaro, JO. 1976. Medicinal plants of east Africa. East African Literature Bureau, Nairobi. [All rights reserved] |
| Leaves | Cough remedy (Used by: Swahili) | Kokwaro, JO. 1976. Medicinal plants of east Africa. East African Literature Bureau, Nairobi. [All rights reserved] |
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