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Carphalea somaliensis

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Name

Identification
Carphalea somaliensis Puff [family RUBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Carphalea unrecorded unrecorded [family RUBIACEAE ] Verified by Verdcourt, B., Carphalea glaucescens (Hiern) Verdc. [family RUBIACEAE ] Verified by Verdcourt, B., Dirichletia obovata Balf.f. [family RUBIACEAE ]
Related name
  • Dirichletia obovata
  • Carphalea glaucescens
  • Carphalea unrecorded
  • Carphalea somaliensis

Flora

Entry for CARPHALEA somaliensis Puff [family RUBIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by D. Bridson & M. Thulin (Pavetta), J. Degreef & D. Bridson (Coptosperma), and M. Thulin (Agathisanthemum, Canthium, Carphalea, Catunaregam, Coffea, Conostomium, Diodia, Feretia, Galium, Gardenia, Heinsia, Kohautia, Lamprothamnus, Meyna, Oldenlandia, Oxyanthus, Pachystigma, Paederia, Pentanisia, Pentanopsis, Pentas, Pentodon, Plocama, Polysphaeria, Psychotria, Psydrax, Pyrostria, Rothmannia, Rubia, Rytigynia, Spermacoce, Tennantia, Tricalysia, Valantia, Vangueria, Wendlandia) [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
CARPHALEA somaliensis Puff [family RUBIACEAE], (1988);. type: N3, “Karin”, 10°42´N, 49°25´E, Collenette 211 (K holo.).
Information
Shrubs, 0.8–1.5 m tall; young stems glabrous. Leaves not crowded on short shoots, lanceolate to oblanceolate, 8–24 x 2–6 mm, ± obtuse at the apex, rather thick and leathery, glabrous; petioles indistinct; stipules with mostly 3 fimbriae. Flowers in several-flowered inflorescences; peduncles 3–10 mm long; pedicels up to c. 2 mm long. Calyx-limb yellowish-green, c. 6–10 mm long. Corolla white tinged mauve; tube 12–16 mm long; lobes 3–4 mm long. Fruit unknown.
Range
N3 not known elsewhere.
Altitude range
450–1340 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Gillett & Watson 23482; Bavazzano & Lavranos s.n.

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