Aneilema lanceolatumBenth. [family COMMELINACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Ekwuno, P.O., 1970
Related name
Aneilema laccazeana
Aneilema soudanicum
Aneilema spekei
Floscopa africana
Aneilema johnstonii
Aneilema nyasense
Aneilema lanceolatum
Aneilema silvaticum
Aneilema pomeridianum
Aneilema buaricum
Commelina lanceolatum
Aneilema subnudum
Aneilema pedunculosum
Aneilema rhodospermum
Aneilema schweinfurthii
Flora
Entry for ANEILEMA soudanicum C. B. Clarke [family COMMELINACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 8, page 25, (1902) Author: (By C. B. Clarke.)
Names
ANEILEMA soudanicumC. B. Clarke [family COMMELINACEAE]
ANEILEMA lanceolatumC. B. Clarke var. β evolutior [family COMMELINACEAE], partly in DC. Monogr. Phan. iii. 227; Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 431 partly.
Information
Hispid, especially the stems and leaf-sheaths. Stems 15 in. long, branched throughout their length, at the base erect, with the lowest leaves reduced to pale brown scales; roots thick. Leaves up to 3 1/2 by 1/4– 1/3 in., linear-lanceolate. Panicle terminal, peduncled, 1 1/2 by 3/4–1 in., dense, thinly hairy; lowest bracts 1/6– 1/5 in. long, lanceolate; bracteoles hardly 1/8 in. long, ovate. Sepals 1/8 in. long, glabrate. Petals small, blue. Capsule 1/5 in. long, 2-celled, 4-seeded, rounded on the shoulders.
Distribution
Cameroons Upper Guinea Musgu; on the Fellata Hills, Vogel, 101!
