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Fagonia socotrana

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Identification
Fagonia socotrana (Balf.f.) Schweinf. [family ZYGOPHYLLACEAE ] (stored under name); Isotype of Fagonia cretica L. [family ZYGOPHYLLACEAE ] Verified by El Hadidi, M.N.,
Related name
  • Fagonia socotrana
  • Fagonia cretica

Flora

Entry for FAGONIA luntii Bak. [family ZYGOPHYLLACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
FAGONIA luntii Bak. [family ZYGOPHYLLACEAE], (1894).
FAGONIA nummularifolia Bak. [family ZYGOPHYLLACEAE], (1895).
FAGONIA socotrana (Balf. f.) Schweinf. [family ZYGOPHYLLACEAE], (1899).
FAGONIA socotrana Sprague var. somalica [family ZYGOPHYLLACEAE], in Kew Bull. 1908: 433 (1908);. type: N Somalia, Drake-Brockman 514 (K lecto.).
FAGONIA migiurtinia Hadidi [family ZYGOPHYLLACEAE], (1978);. type: N3, “Gibalei”, Merla, Azzaroli & Fois s.n. (FT holo.).
Information
Perennial herb or shrublet; stems prostrate, ascending or erect, 0.2–1 m long, striate, glabrous to ± densely pubescent with short glandular hairs. Leaves 1-foliolate; blade ovate to broadly elliptic or suborbicular, 8–35 x 5–25 mm, obtuse to ± apiculate, viscid or glandular pubescent; petiole up to 7 mm long; stipules up to c. 2(–4) mm long, sometimes spinescent and recurved. Pedicel 3–10 mm long. Sepals lanceolate-elliptic to ovate, 2.8–4.5 mm long, sometimes awned, glabrous or glandular pubescent, soon falling. Petals pink, 6–9 mm long, obtuse to apiculate and ± denticulate at the apex. Style 1.6–3.2 mm long. Fruit 5–7 mm long. Seeds 2.4–3.5 mm long.
Range
N1–3; C1
Altitude range
near sea level–1950 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Thulin & Warfa 5886, 6094; Thulin & Abdi Dahir 6505.
Distribution (external)
Djibouti
Socotra
S Yemen
Oman
Notes
Afthule, baskala, kabagois (Som.). This species is taken here in a broad sense. The type of F. luntii from S Yemen is glandular pubescent with spinescent stipules, more or less apiculate leaves, somewhat awned sepals and apiculate petals, and agrees with forms occurring at low altitude in Somalia (e.g. Thulin & Warfa 5886). These forms intergrade with the glabrous, viscid plants with non-spinescent stipules and more or less obtuse leaves, sepals and petals that have been described as F. socotrana var. somalica. Wieland 4504, the only specimen seen from C1, differs in its long internodes (3–4.5 cm long), but appears to be conspecific.

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