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Gnidia grandiflora

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Identification
Gnidia grandiflora Willd. [family THYMELAEACEAE ] Dicranolepis disticha Planch. [family THYMELAEACEAE ] Dicranolepis grandiflora Engl. [family THYMELAEACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Rogers, Z.,
Related name
  • Dicranolepis disticha
  • Calysericos not on sheet
  • Calysericos typica
  • Calysericos argentea
  • Dicranolepis talbotiorum
  • Gnidia grandiflora
  • Gnidia linearifolia
  • Dicranolepis grandiflora
  • Gnidia cephalotes

Flora

Entry for GNIDIA Cephalotes Lichtenst. ex Meisn. [family THYMELAEACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 5, Part 2, page 1, (1925) Author: (By C. H. WRIGHT.)
Names
GNIDIA Cephalotes Lichtenst. ex Meisn. [family THYMELAEACEAE], in DC. Prodr. xiv. 581
GNIDIA grandiflora Meisn. [family THYMELAEACEAE], l.c. 582.
Cryptadenia elongata Eckl. & Zeyh. [family THYMELAEACEAE], in Linnæa, xx. 210.
Cryptadenia elongata Eckl. & Zeyh var. [family THYMELAEACEAE], in Linnæa, xx. 210.
Calycosericos argentea Eckl. & Zeyh. ex Drège [family ], in Linnæa, xx. 210.
Information
branches at first pilose, finally glabrous and with prominent leaf-scars, stout; leaves approximate, alternate or subopposite, lanceolate, obtuse, at first pilose, finally minutely scabrous; bracteoles oblong, obtuse, scabrous, 2 1/2 lin. long, 2/3 lin. wide; flowers in the axils of the uppermost leaves; calyx silky outside; tube 5 lin. long, slightly inflated above; lobes elliptic, 4 lin. long, 2 lin. wide; petals about 12 in one series, 1/3 lin. long, lanceolate, slender; longer stamens with anthers about half as large as the shorter; style filiform, hairy; stigma clavate. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Stellenbosch Div.; Hottentots Holland, 1500–2500 ft., Zeyher, 3743! Mund, 1! Lowrys Pass, 4500 ft., Schlechter, 7219! Caledon Div.; mountains at Kleinriver Kloof, 1000–3000 ft., Zeyher, 3745! River Zondereinde, Herb. Salisbury! Houw Hoek, 2000 ft., Schlechter, 9402! Bredasdorp Div.; near Elim, 600 ft., Bolus, 8595!

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