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Barleria elegans

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Name

Identification
Barleria elegans S.Moore ex C.B.Clarke [family ACANTHACEAE ]
Related name
  • Barleria elegans

Flora

Entry for BARLERIA elegans S. Moore [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 elegans S. Moore [family ACANTHACEAE], in Journ. Bot. 1880, 269;—C. B. Clarke in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. v. 154.
BARLERIA pungens Nees var. macrophylla [family ACANTHACEAE], in DC. Prod. xi. 237.
Information
pubescent with simple hairs; branches 1–2 ft. long; leaves 2–3 by 1/2–1 1/4 in. entire; petiole 0– 1/3 in. long; racemes 1–1 1/2 in. long, 2–8-flowered, unilateral; bracts 1/2–1 by 1/8 in., linear-lanceolate, spine-toothed or subpinnatifid; posticous sepal 3/4 in. long, elliptic, acute, marginal teeth many, strong, often 1/6 in. long; corolla blue, mauve or white (Galpin); tube 1/2– 2/3 in. long, linear-cylindric, at the top narrowly funnel-shaped; capsule 1/2 in. long, 4-seeded. null
Range
Also in Tropical Africa.
Distribution
EASTERN REGION Natal; without precise locality, Gerrard, 1681! Delagoa Bay, Forbes!KALAHARI REGION Transvaal; at Avoca, near Barberton, 1800 ft., Galpin, 886!
Notes
It must not be inferred from Nees' synonym that this plant bears the slightest resemblance to B. pungens.

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