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Virectaria angustifolia

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Name

Identification
Virectaria angustifolia (Hiern) Bremek. [family RUBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Verdcourt B., 1917
Related name
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Flora

Entry for Virectaria angustifolia (Hiern) Bremek. [family RUBIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 2,
Names
Virectaria angustifolia (Hiern) Bremek. [family RUBIACEAE], l.c. 21 (1952); Verdc. l.c. 47.
Virecta angustifolia Hiern [family ], in F.T.A3: 48 (1879)
Virectaria heteromera K. Schum. [family RUBIACEAE], (1896)-F.W.T.A., ed1, 2: 130
Virectaria heteromera (K. Schum.) Bremek. [family RUBIACEAE], l.c. (1952)
Information
Erect undershrub or half-woody herb nearly 1 ft. high; flowers white;on rocks in rivers.
Habitat
on rocks in rivers.
Distribution
S. Nig.: Kwa R., Oban (fl.[Br.] Cam.: Bibundi (fr. Nov.) Mildbr. 10659! Korup F.R., Kumba (fl. 8 fr. June) Olorunfemi FHI 30642!
Distribution (external)
Cameroun
Gabon
Notes
[V. angustifolia var. schlechteri Verdc. l.c. 48 (1953) with oblong-lanceolate leaves, rounded at apex, up to 2ยท9 cm. long and 5 mm. broad, was collected in the Cameroons "between Mafura and Mundame" (Schlechter 12926), which may be in our area.]

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