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Aeollanthus rehmannii

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Name

Identification
Aeollanthus crenatus S.Moore [family LAMIACEAE ] Aeollanthus rehmannii Gürke [family LAMIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Ryding,O.,
Related name
  • Aeollanthus rehmannii
  • Aeollanthus crenatus

Flora

Entry for Aeollanthus rehmannii [family LAMIACEAE]
Herbarium
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Compton Herbarium, Cape Town (SAM)
Collection
Flora of Southern Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of South Africa, (2003) Author: Dr J.P. Roux
Names
Aeollanthus rehmannii [family LAMIACEAE]
Common names
A. crenatus S. Moore in J. Bot., Lond. 45: 94 (1907). Type: Zimbabwe, Matopo Hills, Eyles 1013 (BM, hole).
Information
Perennial semisucculent herb or sub-shrub, 0,2—0,5 m tall; branches spreading-ascending, minutely pubescent. Leaves soft­ly fleshy, petiolate; blade ovate to broadly ovate, 15-35 (-40) x 10-22 (-28) mm, shortly and stiffly pubescent beneath, sparingly pubescent above, apex obtuse, base obtuse to truncate, margin crenulate-sinuate, often tinged with reddish purple. Inflorescence usually branched; bracts lan­ceolate to elliptic, 2-2,5 x 0,5-1 mm, acute, not overlapping except in the bud stage. Calyx 1 mm long at flowering, increasing to 3 mm long. Corolla white to pinkish mauve with reddish purple mark­ings on the upper lip, 7 — 11 mm long; tube straight or nearly so.
Use
4. Aeollanthus rehmannii Gtirke in Bull. Herb. Boissier 4: 819 (1896); Cooke in F.C. 5,1: 295 (1910); Ross, Fl. Natal 304 (1972); Compton, Fl. Swaziland 500 (1976). Syntypes: Transvaal, Houtbosch, Rehmann 6163; 6164.
Range
Occurs in northern S.W.A./Namibia, Botswana, Transvaal, Swaziland and northern Natal, extending into tropical Africa; in rocky, wooded places. Map 68.

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