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Dianthera verticillata

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Identification
Dicliptera verticillata (Forssk.) C.Chr. [family ACANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by F.N. Hepper, Dianthera verticillata Forssk. [family ACANTHACEAE ] Verified by F.N. Hepper,
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  • Dianthera verticillata
  • Dicliptera verticillata

Flora

Entry for DICLIPTERA verticillata (Forssk.) C. Chr. [family ACANTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by M. Hedrén (Asystasia, Barleria, Duosperma, Hypoestes, Ichthyostoma, Isoglossa, Justicia, Lepidagathis, Peristrophe, Ruellia, Ruspolia) and M. Thulin (Acanthus, Anisotes, Blepharis, Crabbea, Crossandra, Dicliptera, Dyschoriste, Ecbolium, Elytraria, Megalochlamys, Neuracanthus, Rhinacanthus, Ruttya, Satanocrater, Thunbergia) [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
DICLIPTERA verticillata (Forssk.) C. Chr. [family ACANTHACEAE], (1922);
Dianthera verticillata Forssk. [family ], (1775). [type as above]
Dicliptera micranthes Nees [family ACANTHACEAE], (1832).
Information
Annual herb; stems up to c. 60 cm long, ± sparsely pubescent. Leaf-blades elliptic, up to 8 x 3.5 cm, acute at the apex, cuneate at the base, glabrous to ± sparsely pubescent; petiole up to 2–3 cm long. Cymes dense to lax, subsessile; bracts oblanceolate, c. 5–9 x 1.5–2.5 mm, acuminate at the apex, minutely pubescent and with longer ciliae along margins. Calyx pubescent, with narrowly linear lobes. Corolla pink to mauve, 6–12 mm long, sometimes cleistogamous. Ovary pubescent. Capsule c. 4 mm long, acute.
Range
N1; S1 widespread in tropical Africa, on the Arabian Peninsula, and in India.
Altitude range
200–1470 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Beckett 1492; Gillett 4719.
Distribution (external)
Ethiopia

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