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Crossandra puberula

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Identification
Crossandra puberula Klotzsch [family ACANTHACEAE ]
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  • Crossandra puberula

Flora

Entry for CROSSANDRA puberula Klotzsch [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 puberula Klotzsch [family ACANTHACEAE], in Peters, Reise Mossamb. 214. —Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 319, and in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 370;
CROSSANDRA pubescens Klotzsch [family ACANTHACEAE], in Peters, Reise Mossamb. 213; Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 319, and in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 370.
Information
Young parts pubescent. Branches 6–15 in. long. Leaves up to 6 by 2 in., elliptic, glabrescent, margin entire or undulate, tip obtuse, base decurrent sometimes to the base of the petiole; petiole 0–1 1/2 in. long. Peduncles lateral, 0–9 in. long; spike up to 4 1/2 by 3/4 in.; bract 3/4 in. long, lanceolate, entire, glabrescent (bracteoles and calyx-segments with a linear scabrous mucro); bracteoles 1/2 in. long, oblong. Posticous calyx-segment 1/4 in. long, or rather more, ovate, 2-nerved, tip 2-toothed. Corolla-tube 1/3 in. long; lobes 1/3 in. long. Pollen narrow-oblong, square-headed, 3-ribbed. Style very thinly hairy. Capsule 1/3 by 1/6 in., 4-seeded.
Distribution
German East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Dar-es-Salaam, Kirk!Portuguese East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Lower valley of the River Shire, Meller! Morambala Mountain, Waller! Lower Zambesi, at Boror, Peters!Nyasaland Mozamb. Dist. Mount Malosa, 4000–6000 ft., Whyte! Manganja Hills, Kirk! River Shire, Kirk! and without precise locality, Buchanan, 860!

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