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Cleome cordata

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Identification
Isotype of Cleome cordata DC. [family CAPPARIDACEAE ] Cleome monophylla L. [family CAPPARIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by 2/1958,
Related name
  • Cleome cordata
  • Cleome monophylla

Flora

Entry for CLEOME monophylla var. β. cordata [family CAPPARACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 1, page 54, (1894) Author: (By W. SONDER.)
Names
CLEOME monophylla var. β. cordata [family CAPPARACEAE], ;—Sond. in Linn. 23. p. 5.
CLEOME cordata Burch. [family CAPPARACEAE], in DC. Prod. 1. p. 239.
CLEOME subcordata Steud. [family CAPPARACEAE]
Information
leaves cordate or subcordate at base, Erect, branched, a foot or more in height, the whole plant glandularly pubescent and rough. Lower leaves broader and longer, oblong-lanceolate, 1–1 1/2 inches long, the petiole 1/2 inch; upper subsessile, narrower and shorter. Racemes terminal; petals rosy, 4 lines long. Stamens 6, longer than the petals. Pods 1 1/2–2 inches long; thecaphore 1 line long; style short.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Macallisberg, Burke & Zeyher. Port Natal, Gueinzius. (Herb. Sond. T.C.D.)

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