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Aplanodes sisymbrioides

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Identification
Isotype of Heliophila sisymbrioides Schltr. [family BRASSICACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Isotype of Aplanodes sisymbrioides (Schltr.) Marais [family BRASSICACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Aplanodes sisymbrioides
  • Heliophila sisymbrioides

Flora

Entry for Aplanodes sisymbrioides [family BRASSICACEAE]
Herbarium
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Compton Herbarium, Cape Town (SAM)
Collection
Flora of Southern Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of South Africa, (2003) Author: Dr J.P. Roux
Names
Aplanodes sisymbrioides [family BRASSICACEAE]
Common names
Heliophila sisymbrioides Schltr. in J. Bot. Lond. 35:340(1897).
Information
Perennial branched herbs; stems finely puberulous with branched hairs. Leaves 3-7 cm long, pinnately 7-15-lobed, puberulous with branched hairs, the petiole very slightly widened at the base; lateral lobes opposite, elliptic-oblong, 7-9 mm long, spreading at right angles or somewhat recurved, entire or dentate; terminal lobe of upper leaves similar to the lateral lobes; terminal lobe of lower leaves broader, lobulate or dentate; upper­most leaves lanceolate, bract-like. Racemes terminal, contracted in flower, elongate in fruit. Fruiting pedicels 0-6-0-9 cm long, erect-appressed. Sepals 4-3-5 mm long, oblong, puberulous, membranous-margined; outer 2 ± cucullate; inner 2 slightly saccate. Petals 1 • 5-8 • 5 mm long, ±3-5 mm broad, obovate or obovate-cuneate, shallowly emarginate, clawed. Filaments ± 4 mm and 5 mm long, slightly thickened at the base. Anthers J • 3-1 • 5 mm long. Ovary linear-oblong, densely puberulous with branched hairs; stigma capitate; ovules c. 18 per locule. Siliquae (immature!) 5-6 • 5
Use
2. Aplanodes sisymbrioides (Schltr.) Marais in Bothalia 9 : 112 (1966). Type : Queenstown, Galpin 2260 (B!).
Range
Insufficiently known. Recorded from altitudes between 2,000 and 3,000 metres. The flowers are described as purple, mauve or cream.

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