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Brunia macrocephala

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Name

Identification
Brunia marlothii Schltr. [family BRUNIACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Brunia macrocephala Willd. [family BRUNIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Hall AV, 2000
Related name
  • Nebelia laevis
  • Brunia macrocephala
  • Nebelia sphaerocephala
  • Berardia sphaerocephala
  • Brunia marlothii

Flora

Entry for BRUNIA macrocephala Willd. [family BRUNIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 2, page 309, (1894) Author: (By W. SONDER).
Names
BRUNIA macrocephala Willd. [family BRUNIACEAE], ! l. c. p. 132, t. 6, f. 1;—Spreng. syst. 1, p. 782.
Information
leaves linear-lanceolate, crowded, bicarinate above, convex beneath, hairy, villous-ciliate; heads of flowers globose, very large. Two feet or more high, with the aspect of a Phylica, more robust than the preceding. Branches erect, verticillate, as well as the branchlets, pubescent. Leaves 4–5 lines long, 1/2 line wide, with involute margins and ustulate at the apex. Flowers unknown.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Cape, Herb. Willd. Inferior regions, Niven in Herb. Sond.

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