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Anthospermum ecklonis

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Name

Identification
Anthospermum ecklonis Sond. [family RUBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet, Anthospermum ecklonis Sond. [family RUBIACEAE ] Verified by Nordenstam, B., 1978 Anthospermum dregei Sond. [family RUBIACEAE ] Verified by Puff, C., 1981
Related name
  • Anthospermum dregei
  • Anthospermum ciliare
  • Anthospermum pumilum
  • Anthospermum rigidum
  • Anthospermum ecklonis

Flora

Entry for ANTHOSPERMUM Ecklonis Sond. [family RUBIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 3, page 1, (1894) Author: (By W. SONDER).
Names
ANTHOSPERMUM Ecklonis Sond. [family RUBIACEAE]
Information
shrubby; stem erect; branches and leaves pubescent-scabrous; leaves opposite, reflexed, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, mucronulate, with slightly recurved margins, whitish beneath; stipules simple; flowers hermaphrodite, tetrandrous, axillary, subaggregated; corolla scabrous-hairy outside; anthers linear; fruit obovate; mericarps convex on the back, glabrous, destitute of calycine limb. Several feet high. Leaves 6 lines long, 1–1 1/2 line broad. Flowers white. Calyx minute, equal. Calyx-lobes longer than the tube. Fruit 1 line long.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA On the Olifantriver and near Villa Brakfontein, Clanw., Ecklon. (Herb., Sd.)

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