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Cyanotis caespitosa

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Name

Identification
Cyanotis caespitosa Kotschy&Peyr. [family COMMELINACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Kew.,
Related name
  • Cyanotis caespitosa
Common name
  • tamrano (JMD; ZOG) (NIGERIA, HAUSA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1

Flora

Entry for Cyanotis caespitosa Kotschy & Peyr. [family COMMELINACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 3, Part 1,
Names
Cyanotis caespitosa Kotschy & Peyr. [family COMMELINACEAE], Pl. Tinn. 48 (1867); F.T.A. 8: 82; Schnell in Bull. I.F.A.N. 19, Sér. A: 748 (1957); J. K. Morton l.c. 192, fig. 7 (1967).
Information
A perennial herb with a stout hairy base and purple flowering stems 11/2-12 in. high; flowers normally blue (occasionally lilac, purple or even white) with blue staminal hairs and yellow anthers; in grassland, often flowering after fires.
Habitat
; in grassland, often flowering after fires.
Distribution
Iv. C.: Bouna (Jan.) de Wilde 3493!Ghana: Banda Ravine (Mar.) Morton GC 8640!N. Nig.: Sokoto Prov. (June) Dalz. 542! Katagum Dist. Dalz. 384! Kwudoga, Birnin Gwari (Feb.) Daggash FHI 31415! Samaru to Shika, Zaria (May) Keay FHI 25746! Kaduna (Dec.) Meikle 796! Vogel Peak, 4,000 ft. (Dec.) Hepper 1570! Nguroje to Kakara, Mambila Plateau, 5,400 ft. (Jan.J Hepper 1762!S. Nig.: Onitsha Talbot 1920!W. Cam.: Bafut-Ngemba F.R., 6,000 ft. (Feb., Mar.) Richards 5312! Daramola FHI 40512! Bum, Bamenda, 4,000 ft. (May) Maitland 1518!
Distribution (external)
E. Cameroun
Congo
Sudan
Uganda
Kenya
Tanzania
Zambia
Angola

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