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Acanthodium spicatum

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Identification
Isotype of Acanthodium spicatum Del. [family ACANTHACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Blepharis edulis (Forssk.) Pers. [family ACANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by K.Vollesen, 1997
Related name
  • Acanthodium sinuatum
  • Acanthus edulis
  • Acanthodium spicatum
  • Blepharis kuriensis
  • Blepharis edulis

Flora

Entry for Blepharis edulis Pers. [family ACANTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, page 1, (1900) Author: (By I. H. Burkill and C. B. Clarke.)
Names
Blepharis edulis Pers. [family ACANTHACEAE], Syn. ii. 180. —T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 36; Zarb in Cat. Spéc. Bot. Pfund, 32; Boiss. Fl. Orient. iv. 520; Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 128; Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 318, fig. 126, A; in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 369, and in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma vi. 76.
Ruellia ciliaris Linn. [family ACANTHACEAE], Mant. 89?
Ruellia persica Burm. [family ACANTHACEAE], Fl. Ind. 135, t. 42, fig. 1.
Acanthus edulis Forsk. [family ACANTHACEAE], Fl. Ægypt.-Arab. 114.
Acanthus Delilii Spreng. [family ACANTHACEAE], Syst. ii. 819.
Acanthus tetragonus R. Br. [family ACANTHACEAE], in Salt, Abyss. Append. lxv.
Acanthodium spicatum Delile [family ACANTHACEAE], Fl. Ægypt. 97, t. 33, fig. 2; Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 274; Solms-Laub. in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 102, 242; Franch. Sert. Somal. 53; Beck in Paulit. Harar. 459.
Information
Grey pubescent or nearly glabrate. Stem short, rigid, branched. Leaves in fours at the sterile nodes; upper pair 2 by 1/3 in., oblong or narrow-elliptic, sessile, spinous-margined; lower pair smaller but similar. Inflorescences strobilate, up to 4 in. long, sometimes short; bracts 1–1 1/2 in. long, ovate, acuminate, recurved, spinous, puberulous, more or less hairy on the nerves without when young; bracteoles linear, 1/3– 1/2 in. long. Posticous calyx-segment 1/2– 2/3 in. long, broadly ovate, very hairy; 2 inmost calyx-segments 1/4– 1/3 in. long. Corolla 3/4 in. long or rather more, blue. Capsule 1/4 in. long or rather more, 2-seeded.
Distribution
Kilimanjaro Mozamb. Dist. Marangu, 3000 ft., Volkens, 556!Nubia Nile Land near Suakin, Schweinfurth, 67! Coastland, 0–4000 ft., Bent! Schweinfurth, 349! between Korosko and Berber, Kotschy, 341! Meroe (Assur), Speke & Grant! Dongola, Ehrenberg! Kordofan, Kotschy, 33!Eritrea Nile Land near Saati, Schweinfurth & Riva, 491! Massowa, Hildebrandt, 723A! Steudner! Keren, Steudner, 1525! Habab, 7000 ft., Hildebrandt, 458!Abyssinia Nile Land Valley of Dallul, Roth, 479! Airuri, Stecker, 31! and without precise locality, Salt! Schimper, 163!Somaliland Nile Land Baraua (Brava), Hildebrandt, 1316! Daua River, Riva, 1460! Harrar, Robecchi, 6! and without precise locality, Mrs. Lort-Phillips! Miss Edith Cole!British East Africa Nile Land Sabaki River, Gregory! Ukamba, Hildebrandt, 2613!
Notes
The synonym Ruellia ciliaris, Linn., is doubtful; Linnæus' description is too short.

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