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Barleria oenotheroides

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Name

Identification
Barleria oenotheroides Dum.Cours. [family ACANTHACEAE ]
Related name
  • Barleria oenotheroides
Common name
  • yellow barleria (Hooker, Bot. Mag.)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1

Flora

Entry for Barleria oenotheroides Dum. [family ACANTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 2,
Names
Barleria oenotheroides Dum. [family ACANTHACEAE], Cours. Botan. Cultiv., ed. 2, 2: 561 (1811).
Barleria flava Jacq. f. [family ACANTHACEAE], Eclog. Pl. rar. 1: 67, t. 46 (1813), exclsyn.; l.c153; BotMag70: t4113 (1844), exclsyn. B. mitis Ker; F.T.A. 5: 155; Chev. Bot497; F.W.T.A., ed1, 2: 262; Benoist in BotSocBrot., sér2, 24: 39
Eranthemum flavum Willd. [family ACANTHACEAE], (1813), name only
Barleria senegalensis Nees [family ACANTHACEAE], (1847).
Information
A woody undershrub erect at first then often straggling, the stems covered with stiff yellowish hairs; the flowers nearly 2 in. long, yellow turning mauve in drying, in dense bracteate spikes;sometimes cultivated as an ornamental.
Habitat
sometimes cultivated as an ornamental
Distribution
Mali: Moussaia Chev. 397. Guienguénia Chev. 437.Port. G.: Tébé Esp. Santo 566. Bissalanca, Bissau (Jan.) Esp. Santo 2240!Guin.: Heudelot 644! Farmar 60! Kindia Chev. 13011.S. L.: Sugar Loaf Mt., 2,000 ft. (Feb.) Tindall 35! Mofadu (Jan.) Sc. Elliot 4423! Loma Mts. (Jan.) Jaeger 3914! Glanville 391! Thomas 8254! Kabala (Dec.) Deighton 2936!Iv. C.: Bouroukrou Chev. 16779; 16859. Sassandra (Jan.) Leeuwenberg 2534! 2609!Ghana: Banka Irvine 474! Ofin Headwaters F.R. (Jan.) Andoh 4288! Abranja-Oda (Jan.) Darko 598! Goaso (Feb.) Andoh 5108! Kibbi Hills (Jan-Feb.) Morton GC 8394! 25329!S. Nig.: Omo (formerly part Shasha) F.R. (Feb.) Jones 8 Onochie FHI 14726! 16741!

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