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Commelina africana

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Name

Identification
Commelina africana L. [family COMMELINACEAE ]
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  • Commelina africana

Flora

Entry for COMMELINA africana Linn. [family COMMELINACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 7, page 7, (1900) Author: (By C. B. CLARKE.)
Names
COMMELINA africana Linn. [family COMMELINACEAE], Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 60;—Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed. Schultes, 294; Gaertn. Fruct. i. 50, t. 15, fig. 1.
Hedwigia africana Medicus [family BURSERACEAE], in Röm. & Uster. Mag. St. x. 124.
Information
diffuse; stem 6–20 in. long; leaves sessile, oblong, glabrous on both surfaces; spathes simply folded, peduncled, scattered, ovate acute, nearly glabrous, 1/2–1 in. long; corolla yellow; filaments 1/4 in. long; capsule tough, perfecting 1 seed in the indehiscent dorsal cell 2–3 lines long; the 4 ovules of the two anterior cells enlarging, usually present, brown in the ripe capsule, but quite rudimentary. null
Range
Distributed throughout Africa: Var. γ endemic.
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Var. β, Graaff Reinet, 4300 ft., Bolus, 377! Hopetown Div., Burchell, 2685! Albert Div., Cooper, 586 partly! and 588 partly! Var. γ, Colesberg Div.; Carolus Poort, Burchell, 2753! Albert Div., Cooper, 586 partly! 1380!COAST REGION Cape Div.; near Cape Town, Burchell, 75! Table Mt., Harvey, 860! Wallich, 315! Devils mountain, Rehmann, n. 938! Simon's Bay, Wright! Uitenhage Div., Zeyher! Algoa Bay, Cooper, 3322! Var. β, Alexandria Div.; Zuurberg Range, 2500–3500 ft., Drège, 8779!EASTERN REGION Natal, Cooper, 3324! Var. β, Transkei, 3000 ft., Baur, 85! Griqualand East; near Kokstad, 4300 ft., Tyson, 1799! Natal; Inanda, Wood, 829! Var. γ, Kaffraria, Baur! Drakensberg, Cooper, 3321! Natal; Inanda, Wood, 409A! Zaai Laager, 3800 ft., Wood, 3486! and without precise locality, Sanderson! Gerrard, 1439!KALAHARI REGION Transvaal; Hooge Veld, Rehmann, 6860! (capsule perfecting 4 seeds). Var. β, Transvaal; Potchefstroom Dist., Nelson, 251! Barberton, 4000–5000 ft., Galpin, 1231! Var. γ, Vaal River, Mrs. Barber! Griqualand West, Bowker, 12! Orange Free State; Orange River, Burke! Wolve Kop, Burke! Transvaal; Streydpoort, Rehmann, 5392! (leaves linear).SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Wallich! Pappe! Kitching! Var. γ, Zeyher, 1728!
Notes
Rehmann n. 6860 is, in other points, a typical C. africana; but each capsule (several good ones attached) perfects 2 short oblong reticulated seeds in each anterior cell, while the dorsal cell is very small and empty.

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