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Commelina cuneata

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Name

Identification
Commelina cuneata C.B.Clarke [family COMMELINACEAE ] (stored under name); Commelina latifolia Hochst. [family COMMELINACEAE ]
Related name
  • Commelina cuneata
  • Commelina latifolia

Flora

Entry for COMMELINA cuneata C. B. Clarke [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 cuneata C. B. Clarke [family COMMELINACEAE]
Information
Nearly glabrate except the sparsely hispid spathe. Stem 18 in. long, with long internodes, suberect at the base; roots thick. Upper leaves 4 1/2 by 3/4 in., lanceolate, cuneate at the base, almost into a quasi-petiole. Peduncle at the end of the branches; spathes, flowers, capsule, and seeds as of C. latifolia .
Distribution
Nyasaland Mozamb. Dist. Kondowe to Karonga, 2000–6000 ft., Whyte! Kavali, Carson!
Notes
The spathe, with the strongly exserted lower cyme-stalk, appears identical with that of C. latifolia. There is, however, no example of C. latifolia that has the upper leaves like those of C. cuneata .

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