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Coleonema virgatum

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Identification
Coleonema virgatum (Schltdl.) Eckl. & Zeyh. [family RUTACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet, Coleonema album (Thunb.) Bartl. & Wendl. [family RUTACEAE ] Verified by HBG-formal name entry, 2010
Related name
  • Diosma acmaeophylla
  • Coleonema virgatum
  • Coleonema pulchrum
  • Coleonema album

Flora

Entry for COLEONEMA pulchrum Hook. [family RUTACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 1, page 369, (1894) Author: (By W. SONDER.)
Names
COLEONEMA pulchrum Hook. [family RUTACEAE], Bot. Mag. t. 3340;—E. & Z.! 836.
COLEONEMA album Schl. β. virgatum [family RUTACEAE], Lin. 6. p. 199.
COLEONEMA album Schl. γ. gracile [family RUTACEAE], Lin. 6. p. 199.
COLEONEMA virgatum E. & Z. [family RUTACEAE], ! 832.
COLEONEMA gracile E. & Z. [family RUTACEAE], ! 833.
Diosma calycina Steud. [family RUTACEAE]
Diosma oppositifolia E. Mey. [family RUTACEAE], ! Hb. Drege.
Diosma tenuifolia Presl [family RUTACEAE], Col.
COLEONEMA Dregeanum Presl [family RUTACEAE], l. c. Drege, 2251, 7143.
Information
much-branched, branches virgate, very thinly pubescent; leaves erecto-patent, patent, or recurved, linear or linear-subulate, with a straight pungent mucro, flattish above, convexo-carinate beneath, the diaphanous margin serrulate; bracts and calyx-lobes acuminate, ciliate; petals spathulate, apiculate, or subacuminate. Leaves in some specimens 1/2 inch, in others 1 1/2 inch long, 1/2 line wide. Bracts mostly as long as the calyx, subulate, narrowed. Petals clawed, the claw equalling the stamens. Capsule twice as long as the calyx, the carpels rough-cast at back, horns short, straight, obtuse.—Mostly taller than C. album, with leaves often longer and narrower, flowers mostly larger, more numerous, racemose, and beautifully red, (drying whitish).
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Hills near Bethelsdorp, and in the flats, under the Vanstaadensberg; at Cape Recief, Algoa Bay; and in Swellendam District, E. & Z.! Drege! Zey.! 2151. Jul.-Nov. (Herb. Holm. (Sparmann), Lehm., Sond., T.C.D.)

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