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Clinogyne filipes

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Identification
Clinogyne filipes (Benth.) Benth. & Hook. f. [family MARANTACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Marantochloa congensis (K.Schum.) J.Leonard & Mullend. [family MARANTACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
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  • Marantochloa congensis
  • Clinogyne filipes

Flora

Entry for DONAX filipes Schumann [family ]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 7, page 293, (1898) Author: (By J. G. BAKER.)
Names
DONAX filipes Schumann [family ], in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 440.
Phrynium filipes Benth. [family MARANTACEAE], in Hook. Niger Fl. 532; Horan. Prodr. 11.
Clinogyne filipes Benth. [family MARANTACEAE], Gen. Pl. iii. 651.
Information
Stems slender, glabrous, 4 ft. long; nodes also glabrous. Leaves ovate-oblong, conspicuously cuspidate, 3–6 in. long, 2–3 in. broad, glabrous on both sides, rounded at the base, variegated with pinnate white bands; sheaths glabrous, 2–5 in. long; thickened free apex of petiole not above 1/6 in. long. Inflorescence sparsely or copiously panicled; sheaths glabrous, cylindrical, 1 in. long; flowers in pairs, one nearly sessile, one pedicellate. Ovary dense, pubescent. Sepals lanceolate, 1/8 in. long. Staminodia golden-yellow, twice as long as the calyx. Fruit small, 3-lobed, 3-seeded.
Distribution
Lagos Upper Guinea banks of the River Ogun, Millen, 141! Western Lagos, Rowland!Cameroons Upper Guinea Efulen, Bates, 441!Fernando Po Upper Guinea Vogel, 163!

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