Cyphia glanduliferaHochst. ex A.Rich. [family CAMPANULACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
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Cyphia glandulifera
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Flora
Entry for CYPHIA glandulifera Hochst. ex A. Rich. [family CAMPANULACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
CYPHIA glanduliferaHochst. ex A. Rich. [family CAMPANULACEAE], (1850). Fig. 311.
Information
Erect or somewhat twining herb, 12–60 cm tall, from a subglobose tuber; stem not or sparsely branched, glabrous. Leaves ± in a rosette at the base of the plant, linear-oblanceolate to broadly obovate, 30–170 x 7–65 mm, denticulate, glabrous. Raceme pedunculate, fairly lax; pedicels 0.5–8 mm long. Calyx-lobes 1.5–8 mm long, entire. Corolla 5.5–15 mm long, pink, mauve or white, split to the base into 2 lips, the upper 3-lobed, the lower consisting of 2 free petals. Filaments broadened at the base, free; anthers 1–1.6 mm long, glabrous or pubescent on the back, penicillate at the apex. Capsule subglobose, inferior part membranous with 10 distinct nerves connected by weak transverse nerves; valves 2.5–5 mm long. Seeds suborbicular, flat, 1.6–2 mm long, broadly winged.
