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Disperma quadrisepalum

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Name

Identification
Disperma quadrisepalum S.Moore [family ACANTHACEAE ] Duosperma crenatum (Lindau) P.G.Mey. [family ACANTHACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Duosperma trachyphyllum
  • Hygrophila crenata
  • Duosperma crenata
  • Disperma quadrisepalum
  • Disperma trachyphyllum
  • Disperma kilimandscharicum
  • Disperma crenatum
  • Duosperma crenatum

Flora

Entry for DISPERMA quadrisepalum C. B. Clarke [family ]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, page 1, (1900) Author: (By I. H. Burkill and C. B. Clarke.)
Names
DISPERMA quadrisepalum C. B. Clarke [family ]
Hygrophila crenata Lindau [family ACANTHACEAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 6, and in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 366.
Information
Pubescent small shrub. Leaves up to 1 3/4 by 3/4 in., narrowed at both ends, more or less strongly crenate-toothed; petiole hardly any. Flowers closely clustered in axillary small cymes; bracteoles linear-lanceolate, as long as the calyx. Calyx exceeding 1/4 in. in length, 4-fid nearly to the base, 2 anticous segments connate nearly to the tip into 1 obovate-elliptic 2-nerved piece, 3 others nearly equally long. Corolla 1/3 in. long. Stamens 4, subsimilar; anthers of 2 equal parallel oblong muticous cells; pollen ellipsoid, many-ribbed. Style thinly hairy; branches 2, linear-oblong. Capsule 1/5 in. long, obovoid, flattened, woody, brown, 2-seeded.
Distribution
German East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Wadiboma, Fischer, 495! Usagara; Mpwapwa, Stuhlmann, 287!Rhodesia Mozamb. Dist. Panda-ma-Tenka, Holub! Leshumo Valley, Holub, 714! 715! Tamasanka, Holub, 1212–1214!
Notes
From the 4-fid calyx and the 1-ovulate ovary-cells, this species was referred to Barleria, sect. Somalia. It is very like D. kilimandscharicum .

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