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Cryptolepis elliotii

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Type of Cryptolepis elliotii Schltr. [family ASCLEPIADACEAE]
Type of Cryptolepis elliotii Schltr. [family ASCLEPIADACEAE]
Type of Cryptolepis elliotii Schltr. [family ASCLEPIADACEAE]
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Identification
Cryptolepis elliotii Schltr. [family ASCLEPIADACEAE ] Ectadiopsis oblongifolia (Meisn.) Schltr. [family ASCLEPIADACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Cryptolepis oblongifolia
  • Ectadiopsis oblongifolia
  • Cryptolepis elliotii

Flora

Entry for CRYPTOLEPIS Elliotii Schlechter [family ASCLEPIADACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 4, Part 1, page 231, (1904) Author: (By N. E. Brown.)
Names
CRYPTOLEPIS Elliotii Schlechter [family ASCLEPIADACEAE], in Journ. Bot. 1895, 300.
Information
Stems erect, branching, scaberulous. Leaves 1/2–1 in. long, 3–6 lin. broad, on petioles 1/2–1 lin. long, elliptic-oblong, about equally subobtuse at both ends, apiculate, margins revolute, glabrous on both sides, whitish or glaucous beneath. Cymes lax, terminal, corymbose, the main branches 3–10 lin. long, glabrous, ultimate cymules 3–4-flowered; pedicels 1–1 1/4 lin. long, glabrous. Sepals 1 lin. long, 2/3– 3/4 lin. broad, oblong or elliptic-oblong, very obtusely rounded at the apex, minutely ciliate. Corolla glabrous, ovoid, and obtuse in bud; tube 1 lin. long, campanulate; lobes 1 1/2 lin. long, 1–1 1/4 lin. broad, somewhat rhomboidal-oblong in outline, obtuse and unequal sided, that side which is on the inside when in the bud being broadest and produced into a distinct angle at the middle; sinus-pockets truncate, not ciliate. Coronal-lobes arising from the middle of the corolla-tube, rather less than 1/2 lin. long, fusiform-clavate, acute, incurved.
Distribution
German East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Urundi Hills, Scott-Elliot, 8372!
Notes
Schlechter also included a specimen of C. oblongifolia, Schlechter under this name, but I have retained his name for the present plant, as it is evident that it is upon this plant with the terminal inflorescence that he has based his description, but the flowers are not in racemes as he describes. It differs from C. oblongifolia in its broader corolla lobes and more obtuse buds.

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