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Dichondra repens

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Name

Identification
Dichondra repens J. R. Forst. & G. Forst. [family CONVOLVULACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for FALKIA dichondroides Baker [family CONVOLVULACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 4, page 45, (1904) Author: By J. G. BAKERand C. H. WRIGHT.
Names
FALKIA dichondroides Baker [family CONVOLVULACEAE]
FALKIA diffusa Hallier f. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 85, partly.
Dichondra repens Hallier f. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], l.c. 82, partly.
Information
stems very slender, firm, trailing sometimes to a length of 1 ft., clothed when young, like the leaves and calyx, with short pubescence; leaves entire, round-cordate, 1/4–1 in. long and broad; basal lobes always rounded and distinctly produced; petiole usually longer than the blade; peduncle short, 1-flowered, at first erect, soon coriaceous; calyx 1/6 in. long, pubes-cent; lobes in flower ovate, in fruit much broader and crisped; corolla scarcely longer than the calyx, distinctly lobed; fruit not more than half as long as its calyx. null
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Alexandria Div.; rocks of Zwartwater Poort, Burchell, 3417/ 1! Somerset Div.; near Somerset East, Bolus, 1950!COAST REGION Mossel Bay Div.; between Zout River and Duyker River, Burchell, 6340! Uitenhage Div.; near Enon, below 1000 ft., Drège! Albany Div.; Blue Krantz, Burchell, 3627! near Grahamstown, 2000 ft., MacOwan, 1254! King Williamstown Div.; Breidbach, near King Williamstown, Murray, 1254! British Kaffraria, Cooper, 45! Wodehouse Div.; Indwe, Baur!EASTERN REGION Tembuland; Bazeia and near the Tsomo River, Baur, 490!

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