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Breweria oxycarpa

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Identification
Seddera arabica Choisy [family CONVOLVULACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Sebsebe Demissew, Isotype of Breweria oxycarpa Hochst. [family CONVOLVULACEAE ] Verified by Sebsebe Demissew, Breweria evolvuloides R.Br. [family CONVOLVULACEAE ]
Related name
  • Evolvulus alsinoides
  • Breweria oxycarpa
  • Seddera arabica
  • Breweria evolvuloides

Flora

Entry for SEDDERA arabica Choisy [family CONVOLVULACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol IV, Part 2, page 62, (1905) Author: (By J. G. Baker and A. B. Rendle.)
Names
SEDDERA arabica Choisy [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in DC. Prodr. ix. 441. —Hallier f. in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 90; Capua in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, viii. 220 (incl. vars.).
Breweria oxycarpa Hochst. ex A. Rich. [family ], Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 76; Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 92; Vatke in Linnæa, xliii. 524.
Breweria evolvuloides R. Br. [family ], in Salt, Abyss. Append. lxiv. not of Choisy.
Cressa arabica Forsk. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], Fl. Ægypt.-Arab. 54.
Information
A much-branched under-shrub; branchlets slender, clothed with yellowish pubescence. Leaves elliptic, subsessile, 4–7 lin. long, obtuse, mucronate, rounded at the base, pubescent on both surfaces. Peduncles axillary, 1/2–1 in. long, usually 1-flowered; bracteoles linear, minute. Sepals subequal, elliptic to obovate, coriaceous with herbaceous acute apex, pubescent, barely 2 lin. long. Corolla twice as long as the calyx; expanded limb 3 lin. in diam. Capsule globose, 4-valved, 2 lin. long. Styles free from the base.
Distribution
Nubia Nile Land Erkowit Mountain, Schweinfurth, 252! Hor Tamanib, Lord!Eritrea Nile Land Bogos, Hildebrandt, 658B! near Saati, Schweinfurth & Riva, 591! Habab, Terraciano & Pappi, 602, 603, 649, 739, 880, 909; Mensa, Terraciano & Pappi, 2260; Assaorta, Terraciano & Pappi, 18; Samhar, Terraciano & Pappi, 71;Abyssinia Nile Land hills near Adganna, Schimper, 1015! near Dehli-Dikeno, 4000 ft., Schimper; and without precise locality, Salt!
Distribution (external)
Arabia

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