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Dicliptera capensis

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Identification
Dicliptera capensis Nees [family ACANTHACEAE ]
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Entry for DICLIPTERA capensis Nees [family ACANTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 5, page 1, (1912) Author: By C. B. CLARKE.
Names
DICLIPTERA capensis Nees [family ACANTHACEAE], in Linnæa, xv. 373;—Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 481; T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 47; Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3B, 333.
DICLIPTERA propinqua Nees [family ACANTHACEAE], in Linnæa, xv. 373, and in DC. Prod. xi. 477.
Tyloglossa pubescens Hochst. [family ACANTHACEAE], in Flora, 1845, 71?
Information
sparingly hairy; stems 4–18 in. long, slender; leaves 1 by 1/2 in., tip triangular, base obtuse; petioles up to 1/2 in. long; inflorescences axillary, thin, of 3–1 spikelets; bracts 1/3 in. long and nearly as broad, round or ovate or somewhat obovate, both usually shortly acuminate, mucronate; corolla 1/2 in. long; capsule 1/3 in. long, very hairy on the margins. null
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Somerset Div.; between Little Fish River and Comma-dagga, Burchell, 3280! Albert Div.; without precise locality, Cooper, 1767!COAST REGION Riversdale Div.; between the Gauritz River and Great Vals River, Burchell, 6523! Uitenhage Div.; near the Zwartkops River, Ecklon! King Williamstown Div.; near King Williamstown, 1600 ft., Tyson, 1013!

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