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Galiniera coffeoides

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Name

Identification
Galiniera coffeoides Delile [family RUBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Pouchetia saxifraga Hochst. [family RUBIACEAE ]
Related name
  • Ptychostigma saxifragum
  • Pouchetia saxifraga
  • Galiniera coffeoides

Flora

Entry for GALINIERA coffeoides Del. [family RUBIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 1, page 33, (1877) Author: (By Mr. W. P. Hiern.)
Names
GALINIERA coffeoides Del. [family RUBIACEAE], in Ann. Sc. Nat., ser. 2, xx. p. 92, t. 1, f. 6. —Ferret et Galinier, Voyage en Abyssinie, iii. p. 138, t. 6 (1847)
Pouchetia saxifraga Hochst. [family RUBIACEAE], in. Hb. Schimp. Abyss. ii. n. 863 (“forsan genus distinctum ‘Ptychostigma’ …”) (1842); A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. p. 355
Ptychostigma saxifragum Hochst. [family RUBIACEAE], in. Hb. Schimp. Abyss. iii. n. 1586 (1844).
Information
Puberulous or nearly glabrous, about 10 feet high. Leaves elliptic-oblong, acuminate at both ends, chartaceous, 4–8 by 1 1/4–2 1/2 in.; lateral veins about 11–14 pairs; petiole 3/8– 1/2 in.; stipules 1/4– 1/3 in., acuminate. Flowers 1/2– 2/3 in. diameter. Bracteoles small. Calyx puberulous, 1/8 in. diameter. Stamens and style (including stigmas) about 1/4 in. long. Fruit 1/3 in. diameter.
Distribution
Abyssinia Nile Land Schimper! Roth!, Ferret and Galinier.

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