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Carpacoce spermacocea

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Identification
Isotype of Carpacoce spermacocea (Rchb.f.) Sond. [family RUBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Carpacoce spermacocea
  • Lagotis spermacocea
  • Anthospermum lanceolatum
  • Anthospermum spermacoceum
  • Anthospermum foetidum

Flora

Entry for CARPACOCE spermacocea Sond. [family RUBIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 3, page 1, (1894) Author: (By W. SONDER).
Names
CARPACOCE spermacocea Sond. [family RUBIACEAE]
Anthospermum spermacoceum Reichb. [family RUBIACEAE], in Spreng. syst. 4, p. 338. Cruse! Linn. 6, p. 17. E. Z. n. 2312.
Anthospermum fœtidum Eckl. [family RUBIACEAE], in Herb. Un. itin. n. 30.
Lagotis spermacocea E. Meyer [family ]
Information
stem herbaceous, flexuous, branched, glabrous, but minutely downy at the apex; leaves opposite, lanceolate, with scabrous margins; stipules entire; flowers axillary, solitary, pedicellate, glabrous; fruit crowned by the calycine limb. Habit of Anthosp. lanceolatum. Stem 1 or more feet high, erect or decumbent, rather angular. Leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, with incurved point, paler beneath. Stipules pilose, cleft into bristles. Peduncles 3–6 lines long. Calyx 1 line long, nearly cylindrical; one of the lobes nearly 3–4 times longer than the others, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate. Tube of corolla short; lobes lanceolate. Fruit conical or subcylindrical, 2-celled, but 1 cell always abortive, minute.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Cape flats; Table and Devil's Mts.; near Zwellendam, and in Caledon, E. Z.; Dutoitskloof, Drege. Simon's Bay, C. Wright, 487. Sept.-Oct. (Herb. D., Sd.)

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