Brillantaisia subcordataDe Wild. & T.Durand [family ACANTHACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Brillantaisia lamium(Nees) Benth. [family ACANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Sidwell K., 1997
Related name
Brillantaisia subcordata
Brillantaisia lamium
Flora
Entry for Brillantaisia subcordata 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 subcordataDe Wild. et Durand [family ACANTHACEAE], in Comptes-rendus Soc. Bot. Belg. xxxviii. 44. —De Wild. & Durand, Contrib. Fl. Congo, i. fasc. 2, 47.
Information
Herbaceous. Stem somewhat pilose. Lower leaves cordate, acuminate, decurrent on the petiole in very narrow wings, pilose on both sides, entire, 1 1/4–3 in. long, 3/4–2 in. broad; the uppermost elliptic and sessile; petiole of the lower leaves about 1 1/4 in. long. Inflorescence many-flowered, glandular; bracts linear-ovate, pilose, the uppermost about 2 1/2 lin. long and 3/4 lin. broad. Calyx-segments about equal, narrowly linear, sparingly clad with glandular hairs, 5 lin. long. Corolla violet; tube about 1/4 in. long; lips 9–10 lin. long. Capsule 1 in. long.
Distribution
Congo South Central Bokakata, Dewévre; Bangala, on the River Congo, Dameuse.
