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Aneilema schweinfurthii

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Identification
Commelina lanceolatum Benth. [family COMMELINACEAE ] Aneilema lanceolatum Benth. [family COMMELINACEAE ] (stored under name); Aneilema schweinfurthii C.B.Clarke [family COMMELINACEAE ]
Related name
  • Commelina lanceolatum
  • Aneilema lanceolatum
  • Aneilema schweinfurthii

Flora

Entry for ANEILEMA Schweinfurthii 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 Schweinfurthii C. B. Clarke [family COMMELINACEAE], in DC. Monogr. Phan. iii. 227. —Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 432; Durand & De Wild. in Bull. Soc. bot. Belg. xxxvii. 128; K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 136; DC. Monogr. Phan. iii. 227.
Lamprodithyros gracilis Kotschy & Peyr. [family ], Pl. Tinn. 47, t. 23, fig. A; Kanitz in Flora, 1868, 513; Hassk. in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 295.
Information
Minutely pubescent. Roots thick. Stems 8–14 in., with few oblong leaves, 1–2 in. long; erect from a short rhizome (not annual). Leaves on a barren stem 4 1/2 by 1/2 in., oblong-linear. Panicle in fruit 1 1/4 by 3/4 in., very dense, pubescent; lowest bracts to the cyme-peduncles 1/8 in. long, lanceolate; bracteoles 1/12 in. long, obovate. Sepals 1/10 in. long, glabrate. Petals small, blue. Capsule nearly 1/4 in. long, white, 2-celled, 4-seeded.
Distribution
British East Africa Nile Land Jur; Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth, 1332! ser. iii. 214! Bongo; Gir, Schweinfurth, 1886!Congo South Central Tanganyika, De Beerst!

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