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Anthospermum lanceolatum

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Name

Identification
Anthospermum herbaceum L.f. [family RUBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by C. Puff, 1983 Anthospermum lanceolatum Thunb. [family RUBIACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Anthospermum hirtum
  • Carpacoce spermacocea
  • Anthospermum latifolium
  • Anthospermum ferrugineum
  • Lagotis spermacocea
  • Anthospermum herbaceum
  • Anthospermum spermacoceum
  • Anthospermum lanceolatum
  • Anthospermum nodosum

Flora

Entry for ANTHOSPERMUM hirtum Cruse [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 hirtum Cruse [family RUBIACEAE], ! Diss. p. 11;—E. Z. 2311.
ANTHOSPERMUM ciliare α [family RUBIACEAE], mas. herb. Thunb. non fem.
ANTHOSPERMUM ciliare β [family RUBIACEAE], mas. herb. Thunb. non fem.
ANTHOSPERMUM rubiaceum Reichb. [family RUBIACEAE], ! in Spreng. syst. 4, p. 338. Herb. Un. Itin. n. 29.
ANTHOSPERMUM lanceolatum Sieb. [family RUBIACEAE], ! fl. cap. n. 90.
ANTHOSPERMUM hirsutum DC. [family RUBIACEAE], prod. 4, p. 580.
Information
stem erect; branches erect-spreading, hairy as well as the leaves at the base; leaves opposite, lanceolate, acute, ciliated when young; stipules simple, subulate; flowers solitary or 2–5 aggregated, axillary, pentandrous; fruit obovate; mericarps roundish outside, glabrous, papillate. Stem 1–2 feet, purplish brown, branched. Leaves 1 inch long, 1–2 lines broad, acute or acuminate, with slightly recurved margins, pale or whitish beneath. Stipules 1 line long. Flowers hairy outside. Tube of the corolla shorter than the lobes. Female flower solitary. Fruit 1 line long, destitute of the calycine limb.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Mountains near Capetown, Bergius, Ecklon, Sieber, W. H. H. Piquetberg, Drege, 7677. Sept.-Jan. (Herb. Th., Sd., D.)

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