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Commelina angustissima

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Name

Identification
Commelina angustissima K.Schum. [family COMMELINACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Commelina angustissima
  • Commelina subulata

Flora

Entry for COMMELINA angustissima K. Schum. [family COMMELINACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 8, page 25, (1902) Author: (By C. B. Clarke.)
Names
COMMELINA angustissima K. Schum. [family COMMELINACEAE], in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 134.
Information
Annual. Stems slender, 16 in. high. Leaves 7 by 1/3 in., very narrowly linear. Spathes solitary, less than 1/3 in. long, villous. Flowers deep blue; otherwise as C. subulata, Roth.
Distribution
German East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Usinja; Karumo district, Stuhlmann, 3564.Angola Lower Guinea Pungo Andongo; on sandy rocks of the Præsidium, 2400–3800 ft., Welwitsch, 6633 partly!German East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Kesokwe, Hannington! in wet ground on the edges of streams at Tabora (Kaseh), 3960 ft., Speke & Grant!
Notes
No example seen; but the three subjoined plants agree with the description in the long linear leaves, and small spathes shaggy with white multicellular hairs.

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