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Blepharis bainesii

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Identification
Blepharis bainesii C.B.Clarke [family ACANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Vollesen,K., Blepharis cataractae S.Moore [family ACANTHACEAE ]
Related name
  • Blepharis bainesii
  • Blepharis cataractae

Flora

Entry for BLEPHARIS Bainesii S. Moore [family ACANTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, page 1, (1900) Author: (By I. H. Burkill and C. B. Clarke.)
Names
BLEPHARIS Bainesii S. Moore [family ACANTHACEAE], MS.
Information
Branches hispid with white hairs. Leaves 2 by 1/4 in., linear-oblong, entire, sessile, hispid with white hairs especially on the midrib beneath. One-flowered branches (reduced spikes) densely clustered; sterile bracts and floral-leaves linear-lanceolate, spine-tipped, not spinous on the margins; bract 1/2 by 1/10 in., strongly 3-nerved, obtuse, without spines on the margin, with 1 strong subterminal spine; bracteoles 0. Posticous calyx-segment 1/2 in. long; 2 inmost calyx-segments 1/4 in. long.
Distribution
Tropical Africa (?) South African Gold Fields, Baines!

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