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Crossandra mucronata

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Identification
Crossandra nilotica S.Moore ex Oliv. [family ACANTHACEAE ] Crossandra mucronata Lindau [family ACANTHACEAE ] Verified by Vollesen,K., Crossandra subacaulis C.B.Clarke [family ACANTHACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Crossandra subacaulis
  • Crossandra nilotica
  • Crossandra mucronata

Flora

Entry for CROSSANDRA mucronata Lindau [family ACANTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by M. Hedrén (Asystasia, Barleria, Duosperma, Hypoestes, Ichthyostoma, Isoglossa, Justicia, Lepidagathis, Peristrophe, Ruellia, Ruspolia) and M. Thulin (Acanthus, Anisotes, Blepharis, Crabbea, Crossandra, Dicliptera, Dyschoriste, Ecbolium, Elytraria, Megalochlamys, Neuracanthus, Rhinacanthus, Ruttya, Satanocrater, Thunbergia) [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
CROSSANDRA mucronata Lindau [family ACANTHACEAE], (1894).
Information
Shrub or shrubby herb, up to 1 m tall; young branches pubescent. Leaves seemingly in whorls of 4, pubescent; blade narrowly to broadly ovate or elliptic, 2.5–13 x 1–6 cm, subacute to obtuse at the apex; petiole 0.5–5 cm long. Spikes 4–12 cm long; peduncle 2–10 cm long; sterile bracts ending in short recurved spine, puberulous; fertile bracts obovate, 12–20 x 6–14 mm, abruptly ending in ± recurved 1–3 mm long spine, entire, pilose mainly in lower part, ciliate, with 3–5 strong longitudinal veins and raised reticulum. Corolla orange to bright red; tube 15–20 mm long; limb 15–20 mm long.
Range
C2; S1–3
Altitude range
50–300 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Gillett & Hemming 24889; Thulin & Bashir Mohamed 6762; Thulin, Hedrén & Abdi Dahir 7501.
Distribution (external)
Ethiopia
Uganda
Kenya
Tanzania
Zimbabwe
South Africa

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