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Xenostegia tridentata

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Identification
Xenostegia tridentata (L.) D.F. Austin & Staples [family CONVOLVULACEAE ]
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Entry for XENOSTEGIA tridentata (L.) D.F. Austin & Staples [family CONVOLVULACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by M.A. García (Cuscuta), Sebsebe Demissew (Cladostigma, Hildebrandtia, Seddera), and M. Thulin (Astripomoea, Convolvulus, Cressa, Dichondra, Evolvulus, Hewittia, Hyalocystis, Ipomoea, Jacquemontia, Merremia, Operculina, Stictocardia, Turbina, Xenostegia) [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
XENOSTEGIA tridentata (L.) D.F. Austin & Staples [family CONVOLVULACEAE], (1981);
Convolvulus tridentatus L. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], (1753);. [type as above]
Merremia tridentata (L.) Hall. f. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], (1893). Fig. 166. [type as above]
Information
Stems up to 2 m long, glabrous or hairy. Leaf-blades linear or lanceolate to oblong, 2.5–10 x 0.2–2 cm, truncate, hastate or auriculate at the base, acuminate to emarginate and mucronulate at the apex, glabrous or hairy; petiole 0–3 mm long. Peduncle 2.5–4 cm long; pedicels 4–15 mm long. Sepals oblong or lanceolate, 4–10 mm long, the 2 outer usually longer. Corolla pale yellow, greenish or white, often with a purplish centre, 10–23 mm long. Capsule globose, 4–9 mm in diam. Seeds 2–3 mm long, black or brown.
Range
S1, 3 tropical and southern Africa, Mascarene Is., tropical Asia and eastwards to Australia.
Altitude range
40–300 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Paoli 773; Gillett, Hemming & Watson 25189; Thulin, Hedrén & Abdi Dahir 7487.
Notes
Several subspecies and varieties have been recognized within this variable species, but further work is apparently needed.

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