Blepharis glumaceaS.Moore [family ACANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Vollesen,K., Blepharis kassneriS.Moore [family ACANTHACEAE ]
Related name
Blepharis glumacea
Blepharis unrecorded
Blepharis kaessneri
Lepidagathis unrecorded
Blepharis kassneri
Flora
Entry for BLEPHARIS glumacea S. Moore [family ACANTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, page 1, (1900) Author: (By I. H. Burkill and C. B. Clarke.)
Names
BLEPHARIS glumaceaS. Moore [family ACANTHACEAE], in Journ. Bot. 1880, 232. —Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 390; Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 317.
Information
Sparingly pubescent. Stem slender, flexuous. Leaves apparently in distant whorls of 4, outer pair very much smaller, up to 3 by 1/5 in., narrowed at either end, sessile. One-flowered branches (reduced spikes) solitary, glabrous or with the calyx puberulous; bract 3/4 in. long, elliptic-lanceolate; bracteoles 0. Posticous calyx-segment 2/3 in. long; 2 inmost calyx-segments 1/3 in. long. Corolla 3/4 in. long, bluish (S. Moore).