Entry for CYANOTIS angusta C. B. Clarke [family COMMELINACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 8, page 25, (1902) Author: (By C. B. Clarke.)
Names
CYANOTIS angustaC. B. Clarke [family COMMELINACEAE], in DC. Monogr. Phan. iii. 260. —Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 433.
Information
Hairy. Stems 4–8 in. long, slender, erect from a bulb 3/4 in. in diam. Leaves up to 3 by 1/12 in., linear. Heads 1/2– 2/3 in. long, of 1 or few cymes, very oblique; the lower bract often 1 in. long, linear from an oblique lanceolate base. Flowers small, the bracts crowded in 2 rows, shaggy.
Distribution
Niger Upper Guinea Nupe, on rocky soil, Barter, 1476.Congo Lower Guinea Lower Congo; Kisantn, on the Inkissi River, Gillet!
