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Forsskaolea candida

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Identification
Forsskaolea candida L. f. [family URTICACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on Sheet, Isotype of Forsskaolea scabra Retz. [family URTICACEAE ] Verified by Not on Sheet,
Related name
  • Forsskaolea scabra
  • Forsskaolea candida
  • Forsskaolea capensis

Flora

Entry for Forsskaolea candida [family URTICACEAE]
Herbarium
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Compton Herbarium, Cape Town (SAM)
Collection
Flora of Southern Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of South Africa, (2003) Author: Dr J.P. Roux
Names
Forsskaolea candida [family URTICACEAE]
Common names
F. Candida van virescens Wedd.: 235.56 (1869); N.E.Br.: 557 (1925). Type: South Africa, Drege s.n., marked 'Forsskaolea viridis Ehrenb. ?' (P, ex Herb. Lenormand!). F. scabra Retz.: 31 (1783). Type: Cape, Thunberg s.n. (A specimen at LD, in the Herb. Retzius, would be a suitable lectotype.)
Information
Description as for F. viridis except the fol­lowing: Base of plant often woody. Leaves 10-75 x 6-40 mm, margin with 3-7 pairs of broad irregular teeth; petiole 6-30 mm long. Inflorescence with (4-)5-9(-ll)-lobed involu­cre, dimensions of lobes as in key, otherwise as for genus. Figure 6: 1-4.
Use
3. Forsskaolea Candida L.f., Supple-mentum plantarum: 245 (1782); Rendle: 301 (1917a); N.E.Br.: 556 (1925); Roessler: 3 (1967); Friis & Wilmot-Dear: 35 (1988). Type: Cap. bon. spei, Thunberg s.n. A specimen in LINN (No. 605.3) might be a suitable lectotype; there is also a specimen, perhaps a duplicate, at S-LINN(No. 195.13).
Range
Confined mainly to south-central Namibia and the dry areas of the Northern and Western Cape, with a few records from northern Namibia and the Eastern Cape. On rocky hillsides and in riverbeds, usually in shade. Transitional speci­mens between this species and F. hereroensis exist (see under that species). Map 17.

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