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Sericostachys scandens

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Name

Identification
Sericostachys scandens Gilg & Lopr. [family AMARANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Sericostachys tomentosa
  • Sericostachys scandens
  • Sericocoma unrecorded

Flora

Entry for SERICOSTACHYS scandens Gilg et Lopr. [family AMARANTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 6, Part 1, page 14, (1913) Author: (By J. G. Baker, with additions by C. H. Wright.)
Names
SERICOSTACHYS scandens Gilg et Lopr. [family AMARANTHACEAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xxvii. 51. —Lopr. in Malpighia xiv. 449.
Information
A stout climber, glabrate except the flower-spikes. Leaves opposite; blade 3 by 1 in., elliptic, narrowed at either end; petiole 1/2 in. long. Peduncles axillary, 1–3 in. long, each carrying 3 or 4 spikes. Flowers densely approximate; bract and bracteoles scarious. Perianth 1/5 in. long. Hair on the sterile bracts twice or thrice as long as the perianth. Staminodes 1/3 the length of the filaments, quadrate, toothed at the top.
Distribution
Uganda Nile Land Mawokota, 3900 ft., Brown, 167!Cameroons Upper Guinea Yaunde, Zenker, 1420!

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