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Dyschoriste perrottetii

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Name

Identification
Dyschoriste albiflora Lindau [family ACANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by K. Vollesen, 1992 Dyschoriste perrottetii (Pocs.) O. K?? [family ACANTHACEAE ] Verified by Not on Sheet,
Related name
  • Calophanes perrottetii
  • Dyschoriste
  • Dyschoriste albiflora
  • Dyschoriste perrottetii
  • Dicliptera verticillata
Common name
  • momodil (JMD) teßete from teßa: to pluck (JMD) (NIGERIA, FULA-FULFULDE (Nigeria)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • bidi diyan (ZOG) fìd-dà-hákuúkúwá = to remove spicules of grass or chaff (JMD; ZOG) (NIGERIA, HAUSA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1

Flora

Entry for Dyschoriste nagchana (Nees) Bennet [family ACANTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (2008) Author: Kaj Vollesen
Names
Dyschoriste nagchana (Nees) Bennet [family ACANTHACEAE], in Indian Forester 109: 220 (1983); U.K.W.F. ed. 2: 269 (1994); Friis & Vollesen in Biol. Skr. 51(2): 442 (2005); Ensermu in F.E.E. 5: 377 (2006). Type: India, Patna, Herb. Wallich (ex Herb. Hamilton) 2396 (K!, holo.)
Dipteracanthus nagchana Nees [family ACANTHACEAE], in Wall., Pl. As. Rar. 3: 82 (1832)
Dyschoriste depressa Nees [family ACANTHACEAE], in Wall., Pl. As. Rar. 3: 81 (1832) & in DC., Prodr. 11: 106 (1847); C.B.Clarke in F.T.A. 5: 72 (1899), p.p. & in Fl. Cap. 5: 16 (1901); Eyles in Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Afr. 5: 482 (1916); Ross, Fl. Natal: 323 (1973), non Ruellia depressa L. (1781). Types: India, Herb. Wight 22 (not seen); Ceylon, Herb. Wallich (ex Herb. Madras) 2379 (K!, syn.)
Calophanes nagchana (Nees) Nees [family ACANTHACEAE], in DC., Prodr. 11: 109 (1847); T. Anderson in J.L.S. 9: 459 (1867); C.B. Clarke in Fl. Brit. Ind. 4: 410 (1884); Trimen, Handb. Fl. Ceylon 3: 294 (1895)
Calophanes perrottetii Nees [family ACANTHACEAE], in DC., Prodr. 11: 111 (1847); T. Anderson in J.L.S. 7: 23 (1863); Engler, Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr.: 388 (1892). Types: Senegal, Perrottet in Herb. DC. 515 (not seen); Sudan, Fazogl, Kotschy 558 (K!, syn.; BM!, MO!, iso.)
Linostylis fasciculiflora Sond. [family ], in Linnaea 23: 95 (1850); Solms-Laubert in Schweinf., Beitr. Fl. Aeth.: 112, 244 (1867). Type: Sudan, Fazogl, Kotschy 558 (BM!, K!, MO!, iso.)
Calophanes depressa (Nees) T. Anderson [family ACANTHACEAE], in Thw., Enum. Pl. Zeyl.: 225 (1860) & in J.L.S. 9: 459 (1867)
Calophanes fasciculiflora (Sond.) Martelli [family ACANTHACEAE], in Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. 20: 390 (1888)
Dyschoriste perrottetii (Nees) Kuntze [family ACANTHACEAE], Rev. Gen. 2: 486 (1891); C.B. Clarke in F.T.A. 5: 72 (1899); De Wildeman in Etud. Fl. Katanga 1: 144 (1903); Eyles in Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Afr. 5: 482 (1916); De Wildeman in Contrib. Fl. Katanga: 197 (1921); F.P.N.A. 2: 283 (1947); F.P.S. 3: 173 (1956); Heine in F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 2: 404 (1963); E.P.A.: 934 (1964); U.K.W.F.: 585 (1974); Champluvier in Fl. Rwanda 3: 454, fig. 141, 2 (1985); Iversen in Symb. Bot. Ups. 29, 3: 161 (1991); Lebrun & Stork, Enum. Pl. Afr. Trop. 4: 479 (1997)
Dyschoriste erecta [family ACANTHACEAE], [sensu Cuf., Enum. Pl. Aeth.: 933 (1964), non (Burm. f.) Kuntze (1891)]
Information
Perennial herb with weakly developed rootstock, basal part of stems creeping and rooting, apical part decumbent to ascending or erect; stems up to 65 cm long, glabrous to sparsely puberulous (densest on edges). Leaves ovate to elliptic (rarely narrowly or broadly so), largest 2–8(–10)≈0.7–2.6 cm, apex subacute to broadly rounded (rarely retuse), glabrous (rarely with a few puberulent hairs along midrib) beneath, with puberulous midrib above (very rarely with scattered capitate glands), margin minutely puberulent-ciliate or glabrous. Flowers in condensed axillary cymes with up to 12 flowers or some solitary, in lush specimens sometimes 2 clusters per axil; peduncle and branches up to 1 mm long; outer bracts up to 1.5(–2.5) cm long; inner bracts and bracteoles filiform or linear, up to 5 mm long. Calyx 4–8(–9 in fruit) mm long, glabrous (rarely with a few hairs along veins); teeth usually distinctly ciliate, 3–5 mm long, shorter than, same length or longer than tube. Corolla with almost symmetrical limb, white or pale mauve, mauve, purple or lilac, tube usually paler, puberulent, 6–9(–12) mm long of which the linear tube 2–3(–4) mm, the throat 2–3(–5) mm and the limb 2–3 mm; lobes oblong, recurved. One pair of stamens sometimes reduced to staminodes; free part of filaments 1–2(–3) mm long, hairy at base, glabrous upwards; anthers ± 1 mm long, spurs less tham 1/4 mm long. Capsule 7–10 mm long. Seed 2–3 mm long. Fig. 28, 11, p. 185.
Range
DISTR. U 1–4; K 3–7; T 1–5; Z widespread in tropical Africa and India
Altitude range
(0–)800–1800 m
Distribution
KENYA Nairobi District Eastleigh Section One, 4 Sep. 1971, Mwangangi 1765!KENYA North Nyeri District 7 km on Nyeri-Kiganjo road, Zawadi Estate, 2 June 1974, Faden 74/697!KENYA North Kavirondo District Busia, Amukura Shopping Centre, 12 Dec. 1968, Kimani 130!TANZANIA Arusha District Sakila Usa Forestry Plantation, 13 Sep. 1971, Richards 27071!TANZANIA Lushoto District W Usambara Mts, Bumbuli, 11 May 1953, Drummond & Hemsley 2491!TANZANIA Kondoa District Kondoa-Irangi–Lake Iseria, Bubu River, 20 Aug. 1926, Peter 44515!TANZANIA Zanzibar Ndagaa, 27 Sep. 1963, Faulkner 3280!UGANDA Karamoja District Kailekong, Sep. 1958, Wilson 517!UGANDA Busoga District 40 km NNW of Jinja, 24 Sep. 1952, Wood 385!UGANDA Teso District Serere, Dec. 1931, Chandler 168!
Notes
D. nagchana grows naturally in wet grassland, but is now often also found in secondary bushland and grassland, including lawns. In these habitats it often superficially resembles D. radicans but is normally easily distinguished by being almost glabrous, and by the short calyx (much shorter than fruits). Specimens intermediate with D. radicans have been found from these secondary habitats, mostly from the Kenyan highlands, and a limited amount of hybridisation cannot be ruled out. Examples are Napier 1520 from Nairobi, Kenya and Forbes 220 from Mbale, Uganda. Intermediates betweenD. nagchanaandD. multicaulisare equally rare. They have glandular calyx or bracts, but the capsule is longer than the calyx. An example isGraham2274 from Embu, Kenya.Hornby1072 from Maboko Island in Lake Victoria has a very large corolla (12 mm long), but seems in all other respects to be typicalD. nagchana.

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