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Commelina bracteosa

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Identification
Commelina bracteosa Hassk. [family COMMELINACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Faden, R.B.,
Related name
  • Commelina bainesii
  • Commelina zambesica
  • Commelina ethiopica
  • Commelina capitata
  • Commelina communis
  • Commelina vogelii
  • Commelina bracteosa
Common name

Flora

Entry for COMMELINA bracteosa Hassk. [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 bracteosa Hassk. [family COMMELINACEAE], in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 524. —Hassk. in Flora, 1863, 386; C. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phan. iii. 180; Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 424; K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 135; Hua in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Par. i. 119.
Information
Sparingly hairy. Stems 8–15 in. long, branched; internodes 2 in. long. Leaves up to 3 1/2 by 1 in., elliptic, acuminate, narrowed at either end. Peduncles 1 (or 2) at the ends of the branches, exserted 0– 1/4 in. from the leaf-sheaths. Spathes 2/3 by 1 in., obtusely triangular at the tip, slightly white-hispid; margins connate at the base. Capsule 1/6 in. long, papery, 3-seeded. Seeds 1/10 in. long, subglobose, flattened.
Distribution
British East Africa Nile Land Kich District; at Ador Village, Petherick!Zanzibar Mozamb. Dist. Sacleux, 218.Portuguese East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Mozambique, Peters; Zambesi Delta; Luabo River, Kirk, 32 partly!

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