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Adhatoda anselliana

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Name

Identification
Justicia anselliana (Nees) T. And. [family ACANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by K. Vollesen, 1977 Adhatoda anselliana Nees [family ACANTHACEAE ] Verified by B. Hansen, 1987
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  • Adhatoda anselliana
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Flora

Entry for Justicia anselliana T. Anders. [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
Justicia anselliana T. Anders. [family ACANTHACEAE], in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 44. —Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 130 (including var. angustifolia); S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1880, 341; and in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. iv. 32; Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 349, and in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 373, partly.
Justicia sp. n. 8 T. Thoms. [family ACANTHACEAE], in Speke, Nile Append. 643.
Adhatoda anselliana Nees [family ACANTHACEAE], in DC. Prod. xi. 403; Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 484.
Dianthera sp Benth. [family ], in Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ii. 1114.
Information
Stems 12–20 in. long, weak, nearly glabrous. Leaves 1 3/4 by 1/6– 1/2 in., linear to lanceolate (in Ansell's type example, on which are also ovate leaves 2/3 in. long), glabrous, or very nearly so; petiole 0– 1/8 in. long. Peduncles solitary, axillary, distant, slender, nearly glabrous, 1/2–1 1/2 in. long, each terminating in a slender scorpioid 2–8-flowered cyme, 1/2–1 1/2 in. long; bracts or bracteoles shorter than the calyx. Sepals 1/8 in. long, linear, glabrous or very nearly so. Corolla 1/4 in. long. One anther-cell below the other, definitely tailed; pollen very small, ellipsoid, with 2 stopples and 2 rows of tubercles on each side of each stopple. Capsule 1/3 in. long, glabrous, very thin-walled; seeds deeply wrinkled, with a scarious wing on the margin in the West African type plant, becoming gradually obsolete in the Eastern specimens.
Distribution
Angola Lower Guinea Pungo Andongo, Welwitsch, 5098! 5172! 5173!Nyasaland Mozamb. Dist. Tanganyika Plateau at Fort Hill, 3500 ft., Whyte! Shire Highlands, Buchanan, 483! Mount Mlange, Whyte! and without precise locality, Buchanan, 876! 1385!British East Africa Nile Land Bongo; Sabbi River, Schweinfurth, 2646! Madi, Speke & Grant, Kavirondo, Scott-Elliot, 7123! Kariandusi River, near Lake Elmeteita, 6000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 6633! Lake Nukura, 6000 ft, Scott-Elliot, 6810! Kamasia, west of Lake Baringo, Gregory!Liberia Upper Guinea Cape Palmas, Ansell!Niger Upper Guinea Ibu (Abo), Vogel, 14!

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