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Cryptolepis producta

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Name

Identification
Cryptolepis producta N.E.Br. [family ASCLEPIADACEAE ] Verified by Venter,H.J.T., Ectadiopsis producta (N.E.Br.) Bullock [family ASCLEPIADACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Ectadiopsis producta
  • Cryptolepis baumii
  • Cryptolepis producta

Flora

Entry for CRYPTOLEPIS producta N. E. Br. [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 producta N. E. Br. [family ASCLEPIADACEAE], C. Baumii, Schlechter in Baum, Kunene-Samb. Exped. 340.
Information
Stem apparently of scrambling habit, minutely scabrid. Leaves opposite or alternate; petiole 1/2–1 lin. long; blade 1/2–1 1/3 in. long, 1/3– 2/3 in. broad, oblong, obtuse, apiculate, rounded or subcuneate at the base. Cymes axillary sessile or subsessile, about 2/3 in long and 3/4 in. in expanse, 7–15-flowered; bracts minute, ovate, acute; pedicels 1 1/2–2 lin. long, glabrous. Sepals 1 lin. long, 2/3 lin. broad, oblong, obtuse, glabrous. Corolla quite glabrous inside and out; tube 1 1/2 lin. long, campanulate; lobes 3 lin. long, 1 lin. broad, narrowly oblong, obtuse, erect or ascending; sinus-pockets produced into linear truncate or minutely bifid teeth 1/4 lin. long, resembling a second series of coronal-lobes. Coronal-lobes arising from the middle of the corolla-tube, 1/3 lin. long, clavate, obtuse, glabrous. Staminal column 1/2 lin. long; anthers with subulate tips, connivent in a cone.
Distribution
Angola Lower Guinea Amboella; by the River Kubango, above Knimarva, 3600 ft., Baum, 457!
Notes
In having the sinus-pockets produced into distinct lobes, this plant resembles C. angolensis, Welw., and belongs to the same group of species, the flowers however are very much larger and the coronal-lobes quite different.

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