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Blaeria nimbana

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Name

Identification
Isotype of Blaeria nimbana A.Chev. [family ERICACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Blaeria spicata Hochst. ex A.Rich. [family ERICACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Blaeria mannii
  • Blaeria spicata
  • Blaeria nimbana

Flora

Entry for Blaeria mannii (Engl.) Engl. [family ERICACEAE]
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
Blaeria mannii (Engl.) Engl. [family ERICACEAE], Bot. Jahrb. 43: 366 (1909); Alm & Fries in Act. Hort. Berg. 8: 245, t. 5-6 fig. f-g (1924).
Blaeria spicata [family ERICACEAE], of F.T.A. 3: 484, partly, not, of Hochst.
S. spicata var. mannii Engl. [family ], Hochgebirgsflora trop.Afr.: 325 (1892).
Blaeria tenuipilosa Alm & Fries [family ERICACEAE], , l.c. 247, partly (Ledermann 1625; Pichi-Sermolli & Heiniger in Webbia 9: 40 (1953).
Blaeria nimbana A. Chev. [family ERICACEAE], in Rev. Bot. Appliq. 18: 113 (1938).
Information
A heath-like undershrub with purplish flowers
Distribution
Iv. C.: Nimba Mts., 5,300-5,800 ft. (July-Oct.) Jac.-Fél. 1938! Schnell 1575! 1877![Br.] Cam.: Cam. Mt., 6,000 ft. to summit (Nov.-Apr.) Mann 1280! 2177! Johnston 7! 91! Preuss 712! 778! Dalziel 8311! Mildbr. 10837! 10877! 10904! Dundas FHI 20634! Brenan 9394! 9394A! Keay FHI 28593! FHI 28624! Thresh 2! Lakom, 5,500 ft., Bamenda (Apr.) Maitland 1421! Lake Oku, 7,900 ft., Bamenda (Jan.) Keay 8 Lightbody FHI 28497! Bambili, Bamenda (Aug.) Ujor FHI 29981! Bafut-Ngemba F.R., 7,000-7,300 ft., Bamenda (Feb., Sept.) Savory UCI 486! Hepper 2126!F. Po: Clarence Peak, summit (fl. Dec., fr. Mar.) Mann 592! Guinea 2744!

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