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Barleria violascens

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Name

Identification
Barleria violascens S.Moore [family ACANTHACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Barleria lugardii
  • Barleria violascens
  • Barleria mackenii

Flora

Entry for Barleria violascens 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
Barleria violascens S. Moore [family ACANTHACEAE], in Journ. Bot. 1880, 265. —Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 391.
Information
Leaves 2 1/4 by 1/2 in., lanceolate, narrowed at both ends, subsessile. Bract 1 by 1/12 in., linear. Anticous calyx-segment 3/4 in. long, bilobed 1/4– 1/3 the way down. Ovary with 2 ovules in each cell, lower very much smaller; otherwise as B. polyneura .
Distribution
Angola Lower Guinea Huilla, 5000–5300 ft., Welwitsch, 5016! 5028! Antunes, 67!

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