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Sclerocephalus arabicus

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Name

Identification
Sclerocephalus arabicus Boiss. [family CARYOPHYLLACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by T. Monod,
Related name
  • Sclerocephalus arabicus
  • Paronychia sclerocarpa

Flora

Entry for GYMNOCARPOS sclerocephalus (Decne.) Ahlgren & Thulin [family ILLECEBRACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. G. Gilbert [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
GYMNOCARPOS sclerocephalus (Decne.) Ahlgren & Thulin [family ILLECEBRACEAE], (2002);
Paronychia sclerocephala Decne. [family ILLECEBRACEAE], (1835);. [type as above]
Sclerocephalus arabicus Boiss. [family ILLECEBRACEAE], (1843). Fig. 49 E–G. [type as above]
Information
Annual herb branching from base, stems 3–15(–25) cm long. Leaves linear, subterete, 5–15(–20) x 1–2 mm, tip with brown spine 0.3–0.6 mm long; stipules 3–4 mm long. Flower-head globose, shortly pedunculate, 4–7-flowered, 7–12 mm diam.; bracts up to 4–7 mm long. Flowers 4–5 mm long, the receptacle fused with the bracts and forming a hardened structure eventually shed with the peduncle; sepals narrowly oblong, 2.5–3 mm, with woolly hairs near apex and base, tip with subterminal awn 0.25–1 mm long; stamens half as long as sepals; style 0.5–0.8 mm long. Capsule slightly papillose at the tup. Seed reniform, dark brown, 2–2.5 x 1.5 mm.
Range
N3 Eritrea, Djibouti, north to Egypt, west to Algeria, Cape Verde Is., Saudi Arabia north to S Iraq and S Iran.
Altitude range
850 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Thulin & Warfa 6261.

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