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Kleinia acaulis
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Filed as Kleinia acaulis L.f. [family ASTERACEAE]
Senecio burchellii DC. [family COMPOSITAE]
Senecio crassulifolia unrecorded [family COMPOSITAE]
Holotype of Kleinia acaulis (L. f.) DC. var. burchellii DC. [family COMPOSITAE]
Isotype of Kleinia acaulis (L.f.) DC. var. ecklonis DC. [family ASTERACEAE]
Kleinia grandiflora (Wallich ex DC.) N.Rani [family COMPOSITAE]
Holotype of Kleinia acaulis (L. f.) DC. var. ecklonis DC. [family COMPOSITAE]
Syntype of Kleinia acaulis DC. variety ecklonis DC. [family ASTERACEAE]
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Name
Identification
Kleinia acaulis
DC.
[family
ASTERACEAE
] (stored under name); Verified by A.P. de Candolle,
Related name
Kleinia acaulis
Kleinia ecklonis
Senecio burchellii
Cacalia carnosa
Flora
Entry for KLEINIA Ecklonis Harv. [family ]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 3, page 44, (
1894
) Author: (By W. H. HARVEY).
Names
KLEINIA Ecklonis
Harv.
[family
]
KLEINIA acaulis
DC.
β. Ecklonis [family
], l. c.
Information
rhizome creeping subhorizontally under ground; stem short, ascending, fleshy, rough with broken leaf-bases; leaves crowded on the upper half of the stem, linear-terete, elongate, channelled above, attenuated, acute, glabrous; scapes shorter than the leaves, slender, distantly scaly, one-headed; inv. scales 10–12, acuminate, with broad margins equalling the disc; fl. all perfect (no female marginal fl.), 40–50; achenes (young), subglabrous, with a wide, epigynous disc. Rhizome several inches long; stem rising 2–3 inches above the soil, 4–5 lines diameter. Lvs. 2 1/2–3 1/2 inches long, 1 1/2–2 lines diameter. Scapes about 3 inches long.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA On dry hills at Adow, Uit., E. Z., Zey.! 2981. (Herb. D., Hk., Sd.)
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