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Barleria affinis

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Name

Identification
Barleria affinis C.B.Clarke [family ACANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Anna Amelia Obermeyer, Isotype of Barleria cordata Oberm. [family ACANTHACEAE ] Verified by Iain Darbyshire,
Related name
  • Barleria cordata
  • Barleria phaylopsis
  • Barleria affinis
  • Barleria unrecorded
  • Barleria heterotricha

Flora

Entry for BARLERIA affinis C. B. Clarke [family ACANTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 5, page 1, (1912) Author: By C. B. CLARKE.
Names
BARLERIA affinis C. B. Clarke [family ACANTHACEAE]
Information
whole plant stellate-hairy; branches 6–8 in. long, slender; leaves 1/4– 1/3 in. in diam., ovate or orbicular, often broader than long, even in age stellate-tomentose, base truncate; petiole up to 1/8– 1/6 in. long; flowers axillary, solitary; outermost bracts 1/4– 1/2 in. long, linear, scarcely spinescent; posticous sepal 1/2 in. long, ovate, nervose, with many innocuous teeth on the margins; corolla (judging by the style) not less than 3/4 in. long. null
Distribution
KALAHARI REGION Transvaal; Marico District, Holub!
Notes
This plant is closely allied to B. spinulosa, Klotzsch, from Mozambique, and to its very close allies in Mozambique.

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