Aneilema affineDe Wild. [family COMMELINACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Aneilema silvaticumBrenan [family COMMELINACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
Aneilema affine
Aneilema silvaticum
Flora
Entry for Aneilema silvaticum Brenan [family COMMELINACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 3, Part 1,
Names
Aneilema silvaticumBrenan [family COMMELINACEAE], in Kew Bull. 7: 203 (1952) (var. silvaticum); J. K. Morton l.c. 459 (1966).
Aneilema affineDe Wild. [family COMMELINACEAE], in BullJardBotBrux5: 83 (1915), not of RBr(1810).
Information
A slender, straggling herb with fibrous roots at the lower nodes and ascending flowering stems up to about 1 ft. high; flowers white or very pale blue.
Distribution
S. Nig.: Kennedy 2674! Sapoba Kennedy 1758a! Sapoha to Agbadi (Nov.) Meikle 637!
Distribution (external)
E. Cameroun
Congo
Notes
[The variety in our area is typical var. silvaticum resembling a miniature A. beniniense but with ciliate-margined leaves and acuminate capsules.]