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Cardanthera parviflora

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Name

Identification
Cardanthera parviflora Turrill [family ACANTHACEAE ] Hygrophila parviflora Lindau [family ACANTHACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Synnema brevitubum
  • Cardanthera parviflora
  • Synnema heterophylla
  • Hygrophila parviflora
  • Hygrophila brevituba

Flora

Entry for Hygrophila brevituba (Burkill) Heine [family ACANTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 2,
Names
Hygrophila brevituba (Burkill) Heine [family ACANTHACEAE], l.c. 176 (1962).
Synnema brevitubum Burkill [family ACANTHACEAE], in F.T.A5: 30 (1899); Benoist l.c.; F.W.T.A., ed1, 2: 248
Cardanthera parviflora Turrill [family ACANTHACEAE], in Kew Bull1914: 82
C. breviflora (Burkill) Turrill [family ], l.c(1914).
Information
A branched hairy herb attaining 2-3 ft. in height; flowers white or yellow and heavily brown-veined;amongst grass in swamps.
Habitat
amongst grass in swamps
Distribution
Iv. C.: Mankona to Marahouë (Jan.) de Wit 7967!Ghana: Afram Plains (Dec.) Irvine 886! Atabubu (Dec.) Darko 368! Ejura (Dec.)N. Nig.: Abinsi Dalz. 720![Br.] Cam.: Daksami, Vogel Peak area (fl. 8 fr. Dec.) Hepper 1557!

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