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Blepharis boerhaviaefolia

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Identification
Blepharis boerhaviaefolia Pers. [family ACANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Nees s.d.,
Related name
  • Blepharis abyssinica
  • Blepharis maderaspatensis
  • Blepharis boerhaviaefolia
  • Blepharis togodelia
  • Blepharis boerhaviifolia

Flora

Entry for Blepharis maderaspatensis (Linn.) Heyne ex Roth [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
Blepharis maderaspatensis (Linn.) Heyne ex Roth [family ACANTHACEAE], Nov. Pl. Sp. Ind. Or. 320 (1821); Berhaut Fl. Sén. 62.
Acanthus maderaspatensis Linn. [family ACANTHACEAE], (1763)
Blepharis boerhaviaefolia Pers. [family ACANTHACEAE], (1807)-F.T.A6: 96, as B. boerhaaviaefolia; Chev. Bot496
Blepharis molluginifolia [family ACANTHACEAE], of ChevBot486, not of Pers(1807)
Information
Suffrutescent herb, usually procumbent, coarsely pubescent on the young parts, with whorled leaves and white flowers 1/2 in. long in short finely-spiny spikes; a weed of roadsides, waste places and forest margins in savanna.
Habitat
; a weed of roadsides, waste places and forest margins in savanna.
Range
In tropical Africa generally, extending to India.
Distribution
Sen.: Heudelot 509! Berhaut 528.Mali: Koulikoro Chev. 2783. San Chev. 2784! Fakoroba (Sept.) Davey 038!Port. G.: Pussubé Esp. Santa 1094.Guin.: Kita (Sept.) Jaeger 2644!S. L.: Hill Station, Freetown (Dec.) Deighton 472! Sasseni (fl. 8 fr. Jan.) Sc. Elliot 4525! Roruks (fl. 8 fr. Nov.) Thomas 5719! Kasawe F.R. (fl. 8 fr. Dec.) King 37b! 144 b!Kumrabai (fr. Dec.-Jan.) Thomas 6900!Ghana: Burufo (fr. Dec.) Adams 4410! Achimota F.R. (fr. Aug.) Akpabla 853! Legon to Aburl (fr. May) Boughey GC 10392!N. Nig.: Sokoto (fr. Sept.) Dalz. 362! Kano (fr. Nov.) Hagerup 619!S. Nig.: Lagos (fl. & fr. Mar.) Millen 50! Ibadan (fl. 8 fr. Nov.) Meikle 664! Abeokuta (fr. Nov.) Ejiofor 8 Olorunfemi FHI 30783!

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