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Floscopa elliotii

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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 (Poir.) C. B. Cl. [family COMMELINACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 3, Part 1,
Names
Floscopa axillaris (Poir.) C. B. Cl. [family COMMELINACEAE], in DC., Monogr. Phan. 3: 268 (1881); F.T.A. 8: 87; J. K. Morton in J. Linn. Soc. 60: 201 (1967).
Polygala axillaris Poir. [family POLYGALACEAE], , Encycl5: 489 (1804)
Floscopa elliotii C. B. Cl. [family COMMELINACEAE], in F.T.A8: 88 (1901).
Information
Annual herb about 3-12 in. high; leaves ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, up to about 2 in. long, with short sheaths which are non-ciliate on margins; flowers blue or dull purple; in marshes and swamps.
Habitat
; in marshes and swamps.
Distribution
Sen.: Oussouye (Oct.) Adam 18301! Bissine (Dec.)Port. G.: Orango Grande, Bijagos Is. (Jan.) Raimundo 8 Guerra 933! Prabis, Bissau (Nov.) Raimundo 8 Guerra 172! Pussubé, Bissau (Nov.) Esp. Santo 1000!Guin.: Tristao Is.S. L.: Tisana, Bonthe Is. (Nov.) Deighton 2304! Bonthe (Oct.) Adames 87! York to No. 2 River (Nov.) Morton SL 1455! Kitchom, Scarcies (Dec.) Sc. Elliot 4340! Kasewe F.R. (Nov.) Morton SL 1536!

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