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Anthochortus ecklonii

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Name

Identification
Hypolaena tenuis Mast. [family RESTIONACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet., Anthochortus ecklonii Nees [family RESTIONACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Hypolaena tenuis
  • Anthochortus ecklonii
  • Restio tenuis

Flora

Entry for ANTHOCHORTUS Ecklonii Nees [family RESTIONACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 7, page 59, (1900) Author: (By M. T. MASTERS.)
Names
ANTHOCHORTUS Ecklonii Nees [family RESTIONACEAE], in Lindl. Syst. ed. 2, 451;—Kunth, Enum. iii. 486; Mast. in Journ. Linn. Soc. x. 274, and in DC. Monog. Phan. i. 398.
Information
stems filiform, slender, curved, four-angled, branched; leaf-sheath about 1/2 in. long, coriaceous, elliptic, acute, membranous; male spikelets in elongated cymes; spathes oblong-lanceolate, acuminate; flowers stipitate; perianth-segments linear-oblong; lateral conduplicate, keeled; inner 3 subequal; anthers linear, apiculate. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Swellendam Div.; mountains near Swellendam, Ecklon and Zeyher!
Notes
Probably the male plant of some species of Hypolæna.

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