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Chascanum pinnatifidum

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Identification
Isotype of Chascanum pinnatifidum Schinz ex Moldenke [family VERBENACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Moldenke,
Related name
  • Chascanum pinnatifidum
  • Bouchea pinnatifida
  • Plexipus pinnatifidus

Flora

Entry for BOUCHEA pinnatifida Schauer [family VERBENACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 5, page 180, (1912) Author: By H. H. W. PEARSON.
Names
BOUCHEA pinnatifida Schauer [family VERBENACEAE], in DC. Prod. xi. 560
Buchnera pinnatifida Linn. fil. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], Suppl. 288; Murr. Syst. Veg. ed. 14, 572; Thunb.Prodr. 100, and Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 466.
Chascanum pinnatifidum E. Meyer [family VERBENACEAE], Comm. 277.
Information
a low undershrub, much branched at the base, about 1 ft. high; branches terete, densely and finely pubescent; leaves opposite or subopposite, petiolate, deeply pinnatipartite, rather thick, finely pubescent, 1–1 1/2 in. long, 3/4 in. broad; segments linear, entire, obtuse or subacute, 1-nerved, 1/4– 1/3 in. long; raceme lax, few-flowered, finely pubescent, about 1 in. (very rarely up to 6 in.) long; flowers white: bracts linear, obtuse or acute, spreading or recurved, finely pubescent, about 2 lin. long; bracteoles subulate, finely pubescent, 1/2 lin. long; calyx-tube unequally and shortly 5-toothed, finely pubescent, 5 lin. long; corolla-tube erect, glabrous without, puberulous in the throat, 10 lin. long; filaments glabrous; fruit oblong, reticulately sculptured, 2–3 lin. long, 3/4–1 lin. broad; areole on the anterior face, oblong, surrounded by a toothed margin, 1–1 1/2 lin. long. null
Range
Also in German South-west Africa: Amboland? Omatope and Oshando, Schinz! Damaraland, Een! Buluwayo, Rand! but not included in the Flora of Tropical Africa.
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Carnarvon Div.; at the northern exit of the Karree Bergen Poort, Burchell, 1558! Richmond Div.; near Limoen Fontein, 3000–4000 ft., Drège! Graaff Reinet Div.; stony hills near Graaff Reinet, 2500 ft., Bolus, 193! Albert Div.; between Leeuwen Fontein and Slenger Fontein, 4500 ft., Drège! rocky hills near Burghersdorp, Mrs. Barber! Colesberg Div.; Colesberg, Shaw! Somerset Div.; near Somerset East, Bowker, 82!COAST REGION Queenstown Div.; Gwatyn, 2900 ft., Galpin, 2048!KALAHARI REGION Griqualand West, Hay Div.; Asbestos Mountains, near the Kloof Village, Burchell, 1664! 2045/2! Hunernest Kloof, Rehmann, 3392! Kimberley, Rehmann, 3432! Barkly Div.; Hebron, Nelson, 188! near the Orange River, Burke! and without precise locality, Mrs. Barber! Transvaal; northern slopes of the Magalies Berg, 6000–7000 ft., Zeyher, 1368! Burke! Boshveld at Klippan, Rehmann, 5311!SOUTH AFRICA without precise locality, Wallich! Masson!

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