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Geophila lancistipula

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Name

Identification
Geophila reniformis D.Don [family RUBIACEAE ] Geophila lancistipula Hiern [family RUBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Vanthournout, S.,
Related name
  • Geophila reniformis
  • Geophila lancistipula

Flora

Entry for GEOPHILA lancistipula Hiern [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
GEOPHILA lancistipula Hiern [family RUBIACEAE]
Information
Step creeping, rooting at the nodes, glabrous. Leaves reniform, nearly rounded at the apex, deeply cordate at the base, thinly chartaceous, glabrous, rather paler beneath, 1 1/2–2 in. long; petiole 1 1/2–3 in. long, glabrous or somewhat hairy; stipules geminate or bipartite, lanceolate, 1/8 in. long. Flowers solitary, bracteate at the base, 1/2 in. long; bracts subulate; peduncle 1/3– 3/4 in. long, bracteate about the middle, lateral from the prostrate stems. Calyx 1/6 in. long, somewhat hairy; lobes subulate, persistent. Corolla white; lobes ovate-lanceolate. Anthers included. Fruit ovoid, 2/5 in. long.
Distribution
Upper Guinea Sierra del Crystal, 1° N. Lat., Mann!

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