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Aneilema nyasense

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Identification
Isotype of Aneilema nyasense C.B.Clarke [family COMMELINACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Aneilema tacazzeanum
  • Aneilema nyasense
  • Aneilema lanceolatum
  • Aneilema vankerckhoveni

Flora

Entry for ANEILEMA nyasense 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 nyasense C. B. Clarke [family COMMELINACEAE]
Information
Pubescent. Portion of stems seen 1 ft. long, unbranched. Leaves 3 by 1 in., elliptic, acute. Panicle terminal, 5 by 2 1/2 in., loose; cyme-peduncles mostly in distant false-whorls, the bracts at their base 1/5 in. long, elliptic; one or two of the lower cyme-peduncles supported sometimes by a leaf 2 1/4 in. long. Cyme-peduncles glabrate; several of the lower bracteoles empty, 1/8– 1/6 in. long, ovate; pedicels in fruit 1/3– 2/3 in. long. Sepals nearly 1/4 in. long, narrowly elliptic, glabrate. Capsule 1/5 in. long, truncate, with acute angles at the top; seeds 2–1 in each cell.
Distribution
Nyasaland Mozamb. Dist. 2000–6000 ft., Kondowe to Karonga, Whyte, 337!
Notes
This species is close to the small examples of A. æquinoctiale, but has broader sepals, and not more than 2 seeds to each cell of the capsule.

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