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Floscopa axillaris

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Name

Identification
Floscopa elliotii C.B.Clarke [family COMMELINACEAE ] Verified by Brinkner, G, Floscopa axillaris C.B.Clarke [family COMMELINACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Floscopa elliotii
  • Floscopa schweinfurthii
  • Floscopa axillaris

Flora

Entry for FLOSCOPA axillaris C. B. Clarke [family COMMELINACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 8, page 25, (1902) Author: (By C. B. Clarke.)
Names
FLOSCOPA axillaris C. B. Clarke [family COMMELINACEAE], in DC. Monogr. Phan. iii. 268. —Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 436.
Information
Nearly glabrous, except the inflorescence. Appears to be an annual. Base of stem procumbent, rooting copiously from many nodes, whence spring clusters of weak stems 2–5 in. long, obliquely erect, very leafy. Leaves 1/2–1 in. long, elliptic or lanceolate, acute. Panicles terminal, and terminal on short axillary branches, pubescent. Ultimate branches of the inflorescence nearly 1 in. long, with numerous small flowers. Pedicels hardly 1/20 in. long; bracts at their base 1/16 in. long, ovate. Capsule and seeds of the genus.
Distribution
Senegal Upper Guinea Perrottet, 771!Sierra Leone Upper Guinea Smeathman! Afzelius!Guinea Upper Guinea Smith!
Notes
F. aquatica, Hua in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Par. i. 122 (from description). Polygala axillaris, Poir. Encycl. v. 489.

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