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Brillantaisia debilis

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Name

Identification
Brillantaisia debilis Burkill [family ACANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Sidwell,K.,
Related name
  • Brillantaisia debilis
  • Brillantaisia soyauxii
  • Brillantaisia preussii

Flora

Entry for Brillantaisia debilis Burkill [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
Brillantaisia debilis Burkill [family ACANTHACEAE]
Information
A weak plant growing in wet places. Stem glabrous. Leaves ovate, narrow below, with a short wing, acuminate above, almost entire, glabrous on both sides, 2 1/2 in. long, 1 1/2 in. wide. Inflorescence lax, few-flowered, glabrous; bracts lanceolate. Calyx-segments linear, nearly equal, fringed with glandular hairs. Corolla-tube 5 lin. long; lips 8 lin. long, dark purple, the upper sparingly hairy outside. Staminodes densely covered with short glandular hairs. Style hairy. Ovary 10 lin. long, glabrous, with about 20 seeds to each valve.
Distribution
Cameroons Upper Guinea Efulen, Bates, 350!

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