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Blepharis diversispina

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Name

Identification
Blepharis obmitrata C.B.Clarke [family ACANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Vollesen,K., Blepharis diversispina Hiern [family ACANTHACEAE ]
Related name
  • Acanthodium diversispinum
  • Blepharis unrecorded
  • Blepharis obmitrata
  • Blepharis edulis
  • Blepharis grisea
  • Blepharis diversispina

Flora

Entry for BLEPHARIS diversispina 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
BLEPHARIS diversispina C. B. Clarke [family ACANTHACEAE], in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. v. 104
BLEPHARIS procumbens T. Anders. [family ACANTHACEAE], in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 35 partly.
Acanthodium diversispinum Sonder [family ACANTHACEAE], in Linnæa, xxiii. 92; var. β, Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 275.
Information
pubescent; branches 8–18 in. long, internodes 1–4 in. long; leaves often 4 subsimilar and approximated, 1–1 1/2 by 1/3– 1/2 in., elliptic-oblong, hardly lobed, spine-toothed; spines in the axils (i.e. the lowest bracts to the next year's spikes) simple, 1/2 in. long, needle-like; spikes 1–1 1/4 in. long, ovoid, 2–7-flowered; bracts 2/3 by 1/2 in., with 9 spinous teeth, hairy without; bracteoles more than 1/2 in. long, linear; anticous calyx-segment 1/2 in. long; posticous sepal 3/4 in. long; corolla 3/4–1 in. long, blue. null
Range
Also in Tropical Bechuanaland and Angola.
Distribution
KALAHARI REGION Bechuanaland; Maadji Mountain, Burchell, 2377! Transvaal; Holub!

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