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Afrofittonia silvestris

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Name

Identification
Talbotia radicans S.Moore [family ACANTHACEAE ] Afrofittonia silvestris Lindau [family ACANTHACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Talbotia radicans
  • Afrofittonia silvestris

Flora

Entry for Afrofittonia silvestris Lindau [family ACANTHACEAE]
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
Afrofittonia silvestris Lindau [family ACANTHACEAE], l.c. 407, fig. 2 (1913); F.W.T.A., ed. 1, 2: 608.
Talbotia radicans S. Moore [family ], l.c(1913); F.W.T.A., ed1, 2: 257.
Information
A procumbent herb trailing onmoist ground on the forest floor; flowers whitish with mauve markings.
Habitat
moist ground on the forest floor
Distribution
S. Nig.: Oban Talbot 971! Calabar to Mamfe (Jan., Nov.) Onochie FHI 36025! Baldwin 13761! Cross B. North F.R. (Dec.) Keay FHI 28149!F. Po: Monte Balea (Dec.) Guinea 362! Bokoko (Oct.) Mildbr. 6830.
Distribution (external)
Cameroun
Notes
The related Fittonia argyroneura Coem., a native of tropical America, is cultivated as an ornamental, e.g. in Ghana (Legon (Nov.) Morton A2819!) and in S. Nigeria (Ibadan (Oct.) Keay FHI 37677!)

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