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Floscopa schweinfurthii

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Name

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

Flora

Entry for FLOSCOPA Schweinfurthii 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 Schweinfurthii C. B. Clarke [family COMMELINACEAE], in DC. Monogr. Phan. iii. 269. —Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 436.
Information
A thinly hairy annual. Stems 6–8 in. high, erect, repeatedly branched from the base. Leaves 2 by 3/4 in., ovate-lanceolate, sessile. Panicles terminal, more or less leafy, 1–2 1/2 in. in diam.; cymes often 1–1 1/2 in. long, villous, dense with flowers; pedicels 0– 1/8 in. long. Capsule small, 1/16 in. long; seeds radiately ribbed.
Distribution
British East Africa Nile Land Bongo; Sabbi, Schweinfurth, 2648! Kulongo, Schweinfurth, 2672!

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