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Erica leptoclada

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Erica leptoclada Van Heurck & Müll.Arg. [family ERICACEAE]
Syntype of Erica leptoclada van Heurck & Müll. Arg. [family ERICACEAE]
Isotype of Erica leptoclada Van Heurck & Müll.Arg. [family ERICACEAE]
Syntype of Erica leptoclada van Heurck & Müll. Arg. [family ERICACEAE]
Type of Erica leptoclada Van Heurck&Müll.Arg. var. aristata Bolus [family ERICACEAE]
Isotype of Erica leptoclada Van Heurck & Müll.Arg. var. leptoclada [family ERICACEAE]
Type of Erica leptoclada Van Heurck&Müll.Arg. var. aristata Bolus [family ERICACEAE]
Type of Erica leptoclada Van Heurck & Müll.Arg. [family ERICACEAE]
Type of Erica leptoclada Heurck var. aristata Bolus [family ERICACEAE]
Type of Erica leptoclada Van Heurck&Müll.Arg. var. aristata Bolus [family ERICACEAE]
Type of Erica leptoclada Van Heurck & Müll.Arg. [family ERICACEAE]
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Identification
Erica leptoclada Van Heurck&Müll.Arg. [family ERICACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Erica cordata
  • Erica glanduligera
  • Erica leptoclada
  • Erica unrecorded

Flora

Entry for ERICA leptoclada Van Heurck & Muell. Arg. [family ERICACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 4, page 2, (1909) Author: By H. BOLUS, F. GUTHRIE, and N. E. BROWN.
Names
ERICA leptoclada Van Heurck & Muell. Arg. [family ERICACEAE], Obs. Bot. et Descr. Pl. Nov. 34
Information
diffuse, procumbent, 3–10 in. high; branches glandular-hispid, slender; leaves 3-nate (rarely some 4-nate on the same branch), spreading, linear, linear-lanceolate or broad-lanceolate, acute, sulcate, hispid and ciliate with glandular hairs, 1 1/2 lin. long, margins revolute; flowers 3-nate, axillary towards the ends of the branches; pedicels very slender, about as long as the leaves; bracts remote, basal, foliaceous, hispid; sepals lanceolate, acuminate, foliaceous, hispid, gland-ciliate, distinctly cohering at the base, sometimes with obtuse sinuses, about 3/4 lin. long; corolla broadly funnel-shaped, expanded from a point below the middle, minutely puberulous, 1 1/2–2 lin. long; segments erect or spreading, broad and rounded, from 1/3 to 1/2 the length of the rest of the corolla; anthers included, dorsifixed just above the base, semiovate, dark-coloured, 1/3 lin. long, muticous; pore about 1/3 the length of the cell; style slender, exserted, often bent below the stigma; stigma capitellate; ovary glabrous. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Piquetberg Div.; on the Oliphants River (Kardouw) Mountains, Zeyher, 1108! Var. β: Paarl Div.; mountains about French Hoek, 2700 ft., Bolus, 9996! Guthrie, 4701! Caledon Div.; mountains near Genadendal, 2000 ft., Pappe! Galpin, 3655!
Notes
This species, like the next, is well-marked by its very distinctly funnel-shaped corolla, with a rather large limb. It appears to be rare and our material is somewhat scanty; but we have availed ourselves of the full and careful description of the authors. Galpin's specimens are small plants of one year's growth and look more luxuriant than the others, but they differ little in floral structure. They exhibit a few whorls of 4-nate leaves above those which are 3-nate.

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