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Blepharis togodelia

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Identification
Blepharis togodelia Solms ex Schweinf. [family ACANTHACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Blepharis maderaspatensis (L.) B. Heyne ex Roth [family ACANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Blepharis maderaspatensis
  • Blepharis boerhaviaefolia
  • Blepharis togodelia

Flora

Entry for BLEPHARIS boerhaaviæfolia Pers. [family ACANTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 5, page 1, (1912) Author: By C. B. CLARKE.
Names
BLEPHARIS boerhaaviæfolia Pers. [family ACANTHACEAE], Syn. ii. 180;—Wight, Ic. Pl. t. 458; Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 266; Sonder in Linnæa, xxiii. 92; T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 34; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 478, and in Dyer Fl. Trop. Afr. v. 96; Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3B, 316, fig. 126, B—H; Schinz in Mém. Herb. Boiss. x. 63.
BLEPHARIS Togodelia Solms-Laub. [family ACANTHACEAE], in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 108, 243; Lindau in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 369.
Acanthus maderaspatensis Linn. [family ACANTHACEAE], Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 892.
Information
scabrous, and with some long white hairs; stems 6–24 in. long, much branched, procumbent; leaves up to 1 1/4 by 1/3– 2/3 in., oblong or elliptic, obtuse, entire, scarcely petioled, without spine-teeth; reduced spikes (1-flowered) scattered, axillary, solitary or 2–3 together; empty lower bracts 5–8, upper gradually larger, uppermost supporting the flower 1/4– 1/3 in. long, spathulate, strongly veined, with long marginal retrorse scabrous bristles; bracteoles 0; posticous sepal 1/2 in. long; 2 inner sepals 1/4 in. long; corolla 1/2 in. long; capsule 1/4 in. long or rather more, ovoid, usually 2-seeded. null
Range
Also plentiful in Tropical Africa and India, and to Java.
Distribution
EASTERN REGION Natal; Umzinyati Falls, Wood, 944! and without precise locality, Gerrard, 1677! Delagoa Bay, Monteiro, 13! Junod, 265, Kuntze.

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