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Crossandra nilotica

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Name

Identification
Crossandra smithii S.Moore [family ACANTHACEAE ] Crossandra nilotica Oliv. [family ACANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Vollesen,K.,
Related name
  • Crossandra subacaulis
  • Crossandra smithii
  • Crossandra undulifolia
  • Crossandra primuloides
  • Crossandra nilotica
  • Crossandra unrecorded
  • Crossandra mucronata

Flora

Entry for CROSSANDRA nilotica Lindau Var. acuminata [family ACANTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, page 1, (1900) Author: (By I. H. Burkill and C. B. Clarke.)
Names
CROSSANDRA nilotica Lindau Var. acuminata [family ACANTHACEAE], in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 370 (at least partly). —Lindau in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma vi. (1896) 76.
Barleria rhyncocarpa Klotzsch [family ACANTHACEAE], in Peters, Reise Mossamb. 204; Lindau in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 368.
Information
Tip of bracts more acute or microscopically mucronate.
Distribution
Eritrea Nile Land Mogod Valley, 4500 ft., Schweinfurth & Riva, 1567! Donkollo, near Ginda, 3000 ft., Schweinfurth, 303!Abyssinia Nile Land Wadi Woina, Rohlfs & Stecker! and without precise locality, Salt! Steudner, 1513!Somaliland Nile Land Maid, 5000 ft., Hildebrandt, 858! 1400! Adda-Galla, James & Thrupp! Golis Range, Mrs. Lort-Phillips! Miss Edith Cole! and without precise locality, Keller, 197!
Notes
The above cited synonymy is imperfect. The typical Crossandra nilotica of Oliver is known in Berlin as C. brachystachys, Lindau.

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