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Brillantaisia dewevrei

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Name

Identification
Brillantaisia dewevrei De Wild. & T.Durand [family ACANTHACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Brillantaisia owariensis P.Beauv. [family ACANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Brillantaisia owariensis
  • Brillantaisia dewevrei

Flora

Entry for Brillantaisia Dewevrei De Wild. et Durand [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 Dewevrei De Wild. et Durand [family ACANTHACEAE], in Comptes-rendus Soc. Bot. Belg. xxxviii. 45.
Information
Stem woody, 3–6 ft. high, tetragonous, pilose. Leaves ovate, 2–8 in. long, 1 1/4–4 3/4 in. broad, acuminate at the apex, somewhat cordate at the base and prolonged downwards in broad coarsely-toothed wings along the petiole, with white hairs; margins coarsely toothed; petiole 2 in. long, including the wings 5–14 lin. broad. Inflorescence racemiform, with glandular hairs, 8–11 in. long, bracteate. Calyx-segments linear, slightly broadened at the apex, the posterior 11 lin. long, the others 8 lin. long. Corolla with the upper lip white and about 13 lin. long; the lower lip purple, 13 lin. long; tube 4 lin. long. Stamens 10 lin. long.
Distribution
Congo South Central by the River Congo, between Lukolela and Gombi, Dewévre.
Notes
Related to B. patula, T. Anders., and B. vogeliana, Benth.

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