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Commelina subcucullata

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Name

Identification
Commelina subcucullata C.B.Clarke [family COMMELINACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Clarke, C.B., Commelina welwitschii C.B.Clarke [family COMMELINACEAE ]
Related name
  • Commelina welwitschii
  • Commelina subcucullata
  • Commelina holubii
  • Commelina livingstoni

Flora

Entry for COMMELINA subcucullata 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 subcucullata C. B. Clarke [family COMMELINACEAE]
Information
More or less hairy. Stems 1 ft. long, suberect at the base; internodes 2–4 1/2 in. long. Leaves 4–5 1/2 in. long, linear, but more or less dilated at the base, where they are sometimes 1/2 in. wide. Peduncles solitary towards the ends of the branches, erect, exserted 1–2 in. from the leaf-sheaths. Spathes 3/4 in. long, ovate-acuminate, acute, more or less hairy, pale brown, with purple longitudinal veins; the margins connate at the base for 1/12– 1/6 in. Petals (from the dried plant) appear yellow to brown-red. Capsule 1/5 in. long, square, 4-seeded. Seeds globose, smooth, brown.
Distribution
Nyasaland Mozamb. Dist. Mount Malosa, 4000–6000 ft., Whyte! Mount Zomba, 4000–6000 ft., Whyte! Mount Mlanji, Scott-Elliot, 8675!
Notes
This may prove only a variety of C. Carsoni. The typical five specimens of Whyte, with acuminate highly coloured spathes, having the margins distinctly connate at the base, look distinct enough; but Scott-Elliot, 8675, has less acuminate, less coloured spathes, with nearly free margins, and looks half-way to C. Carsoni .

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