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Commelina boehmiana

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Name

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

Flora

Entry for COMMELINA boehmiana 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 boehmiana K. Schum. [family COMMELINACEAE], in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 135.
Information
Stems 12–14 in. long, pubescent at the top. Leaves up to 4 by 3/5 in., elongate-lanceolate, puberulous on both faces. Spathes cordate, acuminate, not turbinate (i.e., margins at the base free). Seeds 1/8 in. long, pitted, black.
Distribution
German East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Unyamwezi; Gonda (Igonda), Boehm, 12.
Notes
K. Schumann does not mention the colour of the flowers nor describe the capsule; but he says the species is close to C. Kirkii, from which it is supposed the flowers are yellow, the dorsal cell of the capsule indehiscent and 1-seeded. If these things are not so, the species may belong to some different section of the genus.

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