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Cyanotis hirsuta

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Identification
Isotype of Cyanotis hirsuta Fisch. & Mey. [family COMMELINACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Cyanotis barbata D.Don [family COMMELINACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Malaisse P., 1985
Related name
  • Cyanotis barbata
  • Cyanotis abyssinica
  • Cyanotis hirsuta

Flora

Entry for COMMELINA firma Rendle [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
COMMELINA firma Rendle [family COMMELINACEAE], in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. ii. 78.
COMMELINA aspera C. B. Clarke var. β firma [family COMMELINACEAE], in DC. Monogr. Phan. iii. 180.
Cyanotis hirsuta Baker [family COMMELINACEAE], in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 162.
Information
Hairy. Stems 12–18 in. long, robust; internodes up to 3 in. long. Leaves 3–4 by 1/2 in., oblong, when mature hairy on both surfaces. Spathes clustered, often many in a terminal head. Seeds 1/8 in. long. Otherwise nearly as C. aspera .
Distribution
British East Africa Nile Land Unyoro; Ukidi Forest, Speke & Grant!Angola Lower Guinea Pungo Andongo, 2400–3800 ft.; Pando woods, between Calundo and Mangue, Welwitsch, 6644! in shady woods around Pedras de Guinga and Mangue, Welwitsch, 6645!
Notes
Flowers dark blue (Welwitsch), as they probably are in C. aspera. This is altogether a much stouter plant than C. aspera, with longer capsule and seeds.

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