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Cynoglossum geometricum

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Identification
Cynoglossum geometricum Baker & C.H.Wright [family BORAGINACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Paracynoglossum unrecorded
  • Cynoglossum johnstonii
  • Cynoglossum hochstetteri
  • Cynoglossum lanceolatum
  • Cynoglossopsis latifolia
  • Paracynoglossum geometricum
  • Cynoglossum geometricum
  • Cynoglossum ukaguruense
  • Cynoglossum coeruleum

Flora

Entry for CYNOGLOSSUM geometricum Baker & C. H. Wright. [family BORAGINACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol IV, Part 2, page 5, (1905) Author: (By J. G. Baker, with additions by C. H. Wright.)
Names
CYNOGLOSSUM geometricum Baker & C. H. Wright. [family BORAGINACEAE]
Information
A much-branched rigid herb. Stem erect, scabrid-pilose. Upper leaves sessile, lanceolate, slightly narrowed at the base, 1 1/2–3 in. long, 6–9 lin. wide, scabrid on both surfaces, the hairs on the upper surface more or less bulbous-based, those on the lower sometimes simple. Panicles terminal, few-branched; upper flowers ebracteate. Calyx 1 lin. long, adpressed-hairy outside; lobes ovate-oblong, 1-nerved. Corolla-tube campanulate, 1 lin. long; lobes orbicular, 1 lin. in diam. Anthers oval, 1/2 lin. long. Nutlets 2 lin. in diam., glochidiate spines marginal and in a central row.
Distribution
Uganda Nile Land Ruwenzori, 7000 ft., Doggett!Nyasaland Mozamb. Dist. Zomba, Purves, 1901! Mount Chiradzulu, Whyte! and without precise locality, Buchanan, 1145!British East Africa Nile Land between Eldama Ravine and Mau Plateau, 7000–8000 ft., Whyte!

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