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Friedrichsthalia trichodesmoides

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Identification
Isotype of Friedrichsthalia trichodesmoides Bunge [family BORAGINACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Trichodesma calathiforme Hochst. [family BORAGINACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Trichodesma trichodesmoides (Bunge) Gurke [family BORAGINACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Trichodesma trichodesmoides
  • Omphalodes unrecorded
  • Friedrichsthalia trichodesmoides
  • Trichodesmatis unrecorded
  • Trichodesma calathiforme
  • Streblanthera trichodesmoides
  • Friedrichsthalia schimperiana

Flora

Entry for TRICHODESMA trichodesmoides (Bunge) Gürke [family BORAGINACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by M. Thulin (Argusia, Arnebia, Bourreria, Coldenia, Cynoglossum, Cystostemon, Echiochilon, Ehretia, Heliotropium, Nogalia, Trichodesma, Wellstedia) & A. M. Warfa (Cordia) [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
TRICHODESMA trichodesmoides (Bunge) Gürke [family BORAGINACEAE], (1894);
Friedrichsthalia trichodesmoides Bunge [family BORAGINACEAE], (1843). Fig. 33I–L. [type as above]
TRICHODESMA grandifolium Baker [family BORAGINACEAE], (1894);. type: N1, “Adda Galla” and “Zafarug”, James & Thrupp s.n. (K holo.).
Information
Herb or subshrub, up to c. 0.6 m tall; young stems with ± appressed tubercle-based hairs. Leaf-blades elliptic to ovate, 2–10.5 x 0.8–6.5 cm, cuneate at the base, ± acute at the apex, ± appressed hairy; petiole 6–35 mm long. Flowers in several-flowered cymes; pedicels c. 17 mm long, ± appressed hairy. Calyx-lobes narrowly ovate, 8–13 x 4–4.5 mm, enlarged to 18–23 x 11–16 mm in fruit, joined at the base, acuminate at the apex, ± appressed hairy. Corolla white to pale lilac or pale blue with greenish to brownish or brownish red centre; tube c. 10 mm long; limb with c. 6 mm long lobes. Anthers not in distinctly exserted cone, densely hairy, with twisted appendages. Style c. 14 mm long. Nutlets ovate, cup-shaped with raised toothed inrolled margins, 5–7 mm long, inside with retrorsely pubescent short spines or sometimes smooth.
Range
N1, 3
Altitude range
300–1100 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Gillett 4541; Wood S/73/45; Thulin 10874.
Distribution (external)
Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
N Kenya
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
Notes
Gahod, hambaweeye, oabaasha (Som.).

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