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Commelina krebsiana

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Name

Identification
Commelina krebsiana Kunth [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 krebsiana
  • Commelina africana
  • Commelina barbata
  • Commelina benghalensis

Flora

Entry for COMMELINA krebsiana Kunth [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 krebsiana Kunth [family COMMELINACEAE], Enum. iv. 40
COMMELINA africana C. B. Clarke var. krebsiana [family COMMELINACEAE], in DC. Monogr. iii. 164.
Information
leaves hispid with large, white, many-celled hairs on both surfaces; otherwise as C. africana (typical form). null
Range
Also in South-East Trop. Africa.
Distribution
COAST REGION Var. β, Bathurst Div.; between Theopolis and Port Alfred, Burchell, 4038!EASTERN REGION Natal, Gerrard, 1440! Var. β, Natal, Gerrard, 1842! Sutherland!KALAHARI REGION Griqualand West; between Knegts Fontein and Klip Fontein, Burchell, 2612! Transvaal; Pilgrim's Rest, Greenstock! Var. β, Orange Free State, Cooper, 965!SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Drège, 3505!
Notes
There is also included here (Cooper, 965, Gerrard, 1842) a form in which the leaves are oblong, attaining 3 by 1/2 in.

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