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Dianthera violacea

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Syntype of Dianthera violacea Vahl [family ACANTHACEAE]

Lectotype of Dianthera violacea Vahl [family ACANTHACEAE]

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Identification

Dianthera violacea Vahl [family ACANTHACEAE ] Verified by Not on Sheet, Megalochlamys violacea (Vahl) Vollesen [family ACANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on Sheet, Ecbolium violaceum (Vahl) Hillcoat and J.R.I. Wood [family ACANTHACEAE ] Verified by D. Hillcoat, R.K. Brummitt, J.R.I. Wood, 1982 Justicia violacea (Vahl) Vahl [family ACANTHACEAE ] Verified by Not on Sheet, Monechma violaceum (Vahl) Nees [family ACANTHACEAE ] Verified by Not on Sheet, Justicia dubia Forssk. [family ACANTHACEAE ] Verified by Not on Sheet,

Flora

Entry for MEGALOCHLAMYS violacea (Vahl) Vollesen [family ACANTHACEAE]

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

Reference Sources

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]

MEGALOCHLAMYS violacea (Vahl) Vollesen [family ACANTHACEAE], (1989);

Dianthera violacea Vahl [family ], (1790);. [type as above]

Ecbolium violaceum (Vahl) Hillc. & Wood [family ACANTHACEAE], (1983). [type as above]

Justicia anisacanthus Schweinf. [family ACANTHACEAE], (1868);

Ecbolium anisacanthus (Schweinf.) C. B. Cl. [family ACANTHACEAE], (1900). [type as above]

Shrub, up to 1(–1.5) m tall; young stems appressed pubescent. Leaf-blades lanceolate to ovate, 1.2–7.5 x 0.3–3 cm, acute to rounded at the apex, cuneate to truncate at the base, subglabrous to densely puberulous; petiole 1–8(–12) mm long. Spikes 1–7.5(–10) cm long, with many pairs of flowers; peduncle up to 8 mm long; bracts elliptic to ovate, subglabrous to densely puberulous, the lower 8–15 x 2.5–8 mm, acute to acuminate and with a pungent tip. Calyx 3–5 mm long. Corolla pale blue to bright blue; tube 4–8(–10) mm long; lobes 6–13 mm long. Capsule 8–12 mm long. Seeds smooth and shiny.

N1–3; C2; S1–3

SOMALIA Gillett 3944; Glover & Gilliland 68; Hemming & Deshmukh JESS 346.

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