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Blepharis welwitschii

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Name

Identification
Blepharis welwitschii S.Moore [family ACANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Vollesen,K.,
Related name
  • Blepharis welwitschii
  • Blepharis pratensis

Flora

Entry for Blepharis Welwitschii 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
Blepharis Welwitschii S. Moore [family ACANTHACEAE], in Journ. Bot. 1880, 231. —Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 317; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 390.
Information
Sterile bracts spinous on the margins; flower-bract ovate, acuminate, spinous on the margin. Corolla nearly 1 1/4 in. in length; otherwise as B. pratensis .
Distribution
Angola Lower Guinea Huilla, Welwitsch, 5031!
Notes
S. Moore says that this species is very close to B. pratensis, and it seems to differ very little except in the more spinous sterile bracts and in the markedly spinous flower-bract. The young branches are more scabrous, the leaves 2 by 1/6 in. parallel-sided, the flowers rather larger; but these differences are small.

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