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Chironia densiflora

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Identification
Chironia densiflora Elliot [family GENTIANACEAE ] Verified by Scott Elliot, Chironia krebsii Griseb. [family GENTIANACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Chironia densiflora
  • Chironia krebsii
  • Plocandra palustris

Flora

Entry for CHIRONIA Krebsii Griseb. [family GENTIANACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 4, page 1056, (1909) Author: By A. W. HILLand D. PRAIN.
Names
CHIRONIA Krebsii Griseb. [family GENTIANACEAE], Gen. et Sp. Gent. 98;—Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xxvi. 106, and in Ann. Nat. Hist. Hofmus. Wien, xv. 66; Baker & N. E. Br. in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. iv. i. 554.
CHIRONIA densiflora Scott Elliot [family GENTIANACEAE], in Journ. Bot. 1891, 69; Engl. Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. C. 314; Gilg in Engl. und Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 2, 77; Schoch in Bot. Centralbl. Beih. xiv. 224, t. 16, fig. 6.
CHIRONIA palustris Knobl. [family GENTIANACEAE], in Bot. Centralbl. lx. 329 partly, not of Burch.
Information
stems terete, scapiform, 1 1/2–3 ft. long; leaves mostly radical, subrosulate, oblanceolate, obtuse or subacute, gradually narrowed to the base, 4–10 in. long, 4–7 lin. wide, persisting; cauline in 1–3 remote pairs, lanceolate, acute, 2–4 in. long, 2 1/2–4 lin. wide; flowers in dense terminal panicles with branches 1/3–1 1/2 in. and peduncles 1/4– 1/2 in. long, fastigiate; calyx 4 lin. long, divided half-way; lobes linear-lanceolate, acuminate; corolla-tube cylindric, as long as the calyx; lobes lanceolate, acute, usually somewhat erose, 5 lin. long, 1 1/2–1 3/4 lin. wide; anthers distinctly spiral; ovary oblong, acute, 3 1/2 lin. long. null
Range
Also in Tropical Africa.
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Somerset Div.; marshy ground, Glenavon, Scott Elliot, 666 (626)! Bosch Berg, 4700 ft., MacOwan, 1233! 1656! Queenstown Div.; Winterberg Range, Mrs. Barber, 529!COAST REGION Uitenhage Div.; Great Winterhoek mountains, Zeyher! and without precise locality, Pappe! Bedford Div.; near Bedford, Mrs. Hutton! Bennie! Stockenstrom Div.; marshy ground on Lushington mountain, Scully, 165! Katberg, Hutton! British Kaffraria, Cooper, 390!EASTERN REGION Griqualand East; Newmarket, Krook, 2076! Natal, in marshy ground, 1800–5000 ft.; Noodsberg, Wood, 121! 372! near Gillets, Wood! near Howick, Wood, 5007! Newcastle, Rehmann, 7022! near Charlestown, Wood, 4694! near Emangweni, 4000 ft., Thode, 68! Dargle Farm, Mrs. Fannin, 69! and without precise locality, Sanderson, 446 partly!KALAHARI REGION in marshy ground, 4000–6000 ft.: Orange River Colony; near Harrismith, Sankey, 174! Transvaal; Umlomati Valley, near Barberton, Galpin, 1131! near Brug Spruit, Schlechter, 3752! Athol, M‘Donald! Spitz Kop Gold Mine, Wilms, 975!SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Krebs!

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