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Glinus oppositifolius

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Identification
Mollugo oppositifolia L. [family MOLLUGINACEAE ] (stored under name); Glinus oppositifolius (L.) A.DC. [family MOLLUGINACEAE ]
Related name
  • Mollugo pentaphylla
  • Mollugo hirta
  • Mollugo oppositifolia
  • Glinus oppositifolius

Flora

Entry for GLINUS oppositifolius (L.) A. DC. [family MOLLUGINACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (1961) Author: C. Jeffrey
Names
GLINUS oppositifolius (L.) A. DC. [family MOLLUGINACEAE], in Bull. Herb. Boiss., sér. 2, 1: 559 (1901); F.W.T.A. 1: 114 (1927); ed. 2, 1: 135 (1954); Andrews, Fl. Pl. Anglo-Egypt. Sudan 1: 93, fig. 60 (1950); F.C.B. 2: 118 (1951). Type: Ceylon, Hermann (BM, holo.!)
Mollugo oppositifolia L. [family MOLLUGINACEAE], Sp. Pl.: 89 (1753)
Mollugo spergula L. [family MOLLUGINACEAE], Syst., ed. 10: 881 (1759); F.T.A. 2: 590 (1871). Type: India, (LINN, lecto.)
Pharnaceum mollugo L. [family MOLLUGINACEAE], Mant. 2: 561 (1771), nom. illegit. Type: as M. spergula
Mollugo denticulata Guill. & Perr. [family MOLLUGINACEAE], Fl. Seneg. Tent. 1: 45 (1831). Type: Senegal, Perrottet (P, holo., BM, iso.!)
Glinus mollugo (L.) Fenzl [family MOLLUGINACEAE], in Ann. Wien. Mus. 1: 359 (1836)
Glinus denticulatus (Guill. & Perr.) Fenzl [family MOLLUGINACEAE], in Ann. Wien. Mus. 1: 361 (1836)
Glinus spergula (L.) Steud. [family MOLLUGINACEAE], Nom., ed. 2, 1: 688 (1840); F.D.O.-A. 2: 257 (1938)
Mollugo glinoïdes A. Rich. [family MOLLUGINACEAE], Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 48 (1847). Type: Ethiopia, Shire, Quartin-Dillon (P, holo.)
Mollugo serrulata Sond. [family MOLLUGINACEAE], in Linnaea 23: 15 (1850). Type: South Africa, Natal, Gueinzius 138 (S, holo.)
Information
An upright, spreading or prostrate very nearly glabrous diffuse subsucculent herb; branches 5–80 cm. long. Leaves opposite or apparently verticillate, petiolate, 10–51 mm. long (including petiole of 0–5 mm.), 4–12.5 mm. broad, the blade narrowly elliptic, oblanceolate-elliptic, oblanceolate-oblong or oblong-ovate, plane, entire or denticulate, subacute or acute and obscurely apiculate at apex. Flowers inconspicuous, greenish or pinkish white, in rather lax fascicles at the nodes, 1–15 per node, the pedicels 4.5–18.5 mm. long. Sepals 5, free; staminodes 0–4, bifid; stamens 4–10. Ovary of 3 united carpels. Fruiting calyx 1.5–2.5 mm. broad, 3.5–5 mm. long. Fig. 5/8–9, p. 14.
Range
DISTR. K4, 7; T2–4, 6, 8; Z; P pantropical
Altitude range
0–1000 m.
Distribution
KENYA Machakos District Kiambere, 20 Nov. 1951, Kirrika 154!KENYA Kilifi, 13 Feb. 1946, Jeffery K466!TANGANYIKA Lushoto District Mkomazi, about 3 km. NE. of Lake Manka, 1 May 1953, Drummond & Hemsley 2347!;TANGANYIKA Uzaramo District Dar es Salaam, Nov. 1892, Hoist 4149!;TANGANYIKA Rufiji District Utete by R. Rufiji. 2 Dec. 1955, Milne-Redhead & Taylor 7521!ZANZIBAR Zanzibar Is., July 1873, Hildebrandt 907!ZANZIBAR Pemba, near Ole, 26 Oct. 1929, Vaughan 899!

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