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Commelina mannii

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Name

Identification
Commelina mannii C.B.Clarke [family COMMELINACEAE ] Verified by Clarke, C.B., Commelina lyallii (C.B.Clarke) Chiov. [family COMMELINACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Commelina lyallii
  • Commelina mannii

Flora

Entry for COMMELINA Mannii C. B. Clarke [family COMMELINACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 8, page 25, (1902) Author: (By C. B. Clarke.)
Names
COMMELINA Mannii C. B. Clarke [family COMMELINACEAE], in DC. Monogr. Phan. iii. 167. —Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 155; Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 426.
Commelina sp Hook. f. [family COMMELINACEAE], in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 223.
Information
Very sparingly hairy. Stems up to 12 in. long, weak; internodes up to 2 in. long. Leaves up to 1 1/4 by 2/3 in. (mostly smaller), elliptic, tip triangular and subobtuse. Peduncles few, near the tops of the branches, scarcely 1/8 in. longer than the leaf-sheaths. Spathes 1/2 in. long, ovate, not acuminate; margins free at the base. Capsule small; in each ventral cell 1 reticulated seed; in the dorsal indehiscent cell 1 seed closely sticking to the cell-wall.
Distribution
Cameroons Upper Guinea Cameroon Mountain, 7000 ft., Mann, 2136!

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