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Capparis corymbifera

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Identification
Capparis corymbifera E.Mey. ex Sond. [family CAPPARACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet., Capparis tomentosa Lam. [family CAPPARACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Capparis hypericoides
  • Capparis corymbifera
  • Capparis tomentosa

Flora

Entry for CAPPARIS corymbifera E. Mey. [family CAPPARACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 1, page 54, (1894) Author: (By W. SONDER.)
Names
CAPPARIS corymbifera E. Mey. [family CAPPARACEAE], in Herb. Drege
CAPPARIS hypericoides Hochst. [family CAPPARACEAE], Fl. 1844.
Information
branches thinly tomentose; stipules spinous, subrecurved; leaves oval-oblong, obtuse, glabrous or subtomentose below; pedicels terminal, corymbose; buds tomentose; petals as long as the calyx. More robust than the preceding, with larger leaves (2–3 inches long, 14–16 lines wide), thicker peduncles, buds twice as large and tomentose; stamens 1 1/2 inches long, and a globose (not acute) ovary. Thecaphore more slender and longer than the pedicel.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA In primitive woods, Natal. June. Drege, Krauss, Gueinzius. (Herb. Sond., T.C.D.)

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