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Barleria mucronata

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Name

Identification
Isotype of Barleria senegalensis Nees [family ACANTHACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Barleria mucronata Lindau [family ACANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Barleria kilimandscharica
  • Barleria grandicalyx
  • Barleria senegalensis
  • Barleria mucronata

Flora

Entry for Barleria mucronata Lindau [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
Barleria mucronata Lindau [family ACANTHACEAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 24. — Lindau in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 369.
Barleria kilimandscharica Lindau [family ACANTHACEAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 26, in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 315, and in Eng. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 369.
Information
Leaves up to 1 1/3 by 1/2 in. Posticous sepal 3/4 by 1/2 in., strongly spine-toothed. Capsule 3/4 in. long, 4-seeded; otherwise as B. grandicalyx.
Distribution
German East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Kilimanjaro, 3500 ft., Volkens, 1613! 1753A! 2141! 2142! 7000 ft., Meyer, 57! Usambara; Nyika Steppe, Holst, 3916! Mascheua, Holst, 8853!
Notes
B. mucronata, Lindau, has grey hairs, and B. kilimandscharica tawny; B. grandi - calyx has much larger leaves with curved primary nerves, otherwise I see little difference. Lindau contrasts B. mucronata with B. Kirkii (by which he means B. spinulosa); this differs a good deal by the sterile bracts being nearly reduced to pinnatifid spines, and the inflorescences having (very many of them) several flowers.

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