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Aneilema pedunculosum

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Identification
Aneilema pedunculosum C.B.Clarke [family COMMELINACEAE ] Aneilema angolense C.B.Clarke [family COMMELINACEAE ] Verified by Faden,C.B., Aneilema angolense C.B.Clarke [family COMMELINACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Faden,C.B.,
Related name
  • Floscopa beirensis
  • Aneilema angolense
  • Aneilema leiocaule
  • Aneilema lanceolatum
  • Aneilema pedunculosum

Flora

Entry for ANEILEMA angolense C. B. Clarke Var. magis-lutea [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 angolense C. B. Clarke Var. magis-lutea [family COMMELINACEAE]
ANEILEMA pedunculosum C. B. Clarke var. lutea [family COMMELINACEAE], in DC. Monogr. Phan. iii. 228; Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 431; Rendle in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. ii. 79.
Information
Stems slenderer, 6–14 in. long. Leaves smaller, attaining 2 1/4 by 1 1/8 in. Panicle depauperated, lax, few-flowered. Sepals green (Welwitsch). Petals 2 yellow, 1 green or yellow (Welwitsch).
Distribution
Angola Lower Guinea Pungo Andongo; 2400–3800 ft., in shade on the rocky heights of Pedras de Guinga, Welwitsch, 6630! on the rocks of the Præsidium, Welwitsch, 6649!
Notes
The habitat, the colour of the flowers twice d by Welwitsch, the lax panicle, the tendency to produce short branches from the leaf axils all tend to show that this plant is nearer to A. angolense than to A. pedunculosum .

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