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Gnidia orbiculata

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Name

Identification
Gnidia orbiculata C.H.Wright [family THYMELAEACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Gnidia oppositifolia
  • Gnidia laevigata
  • Gnidia orbiculata

Flora

Entry for GNIDIA orbiculata C. H. Wright [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 orbiculata C. H. Wright [family THYMELAEACEAE]
Information
an erect shrub; branches corymbose, erect, glabrous; leaves opposite, orbicular, 2–3 lin. in diam., shortly cuspidate, 1-nerved, glabrous; flowers few at the apex of the branches; calyx tomentose outside, pale gamboge (Burchell); tube 8 lin. long, subcylindrical, ribbed; lobes orbicular, 1 1/2 lin. in diam.; petals 4, anther-like, very thick, 2/3 lin. long, shortly stalked; anthers oblong, 2/3 lin. long, obtuse. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Uniondale Div.; in damp places by the Aapies River, in Long Kloof, Burchell, 4945!SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Thom, 162!

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