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Gnidia sericea

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Identification
Gnidia sericea (L.) L. [family THYMELAEACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Data not digitized, null Verified by Data not digitized,
Related name
  • Gnidia burmanii
  • Gnidia sericea
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  • Struthiola nana
  • Gnidia tenella
  • Gnidia phylicifolia
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  • Gnidia oppositifolia
  • Gnidia albicans
  • Gnidia nana
  • Gnidia cyanea
  • Gnidia not on sheet

Flora

Entry for GNIDIA anomala 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 anomala Meisn. [family THYMELAEACEAE], in Linnæa, xiv. 435;—Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 580; Bolus and Wolley-Dod in Trans. S. Afr. Phil. Soc. xiv. 315.
GNIDIA sericea Drège [family THYMELAEACEAE], in Linnæa, xx. 208.
GNIDIA argentea Eckl. ex Meisn. [family THYMELAEACEAE], in DC. Prodr. xiv. 581.
Information
a much-branched undershrub; branches at first white-pilose, finally glabrous and with slightly raised leaf-scars; upper leaves opposite, lower alternate, oval or ovate-oblong, concave, 3 1/2 lin. long, 1 1/2 lin. wide, obtuse, silky on both sides, 3–5-nerved; bracts similar to the leaves; flowers few; calyx silky outside; tube 6 1/2 lin. long, slender; lobes oblong-lanceolate, acute, 2 1/2 lin. long, 1 lin. wide, margins involute; petals 8, geminate, clavate; upper stamens absent, lower with anthers 2/3 lin. long; ovary oblong, glabrous; style filiform, 4 lin. long; stigma small. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Cape Div.; stream beyond Pauls Berg, Wolley-Dod, 2929! Simons Bay, Wright! lower part of Table Mountain, Burchell, 8437! Stellenbosch Div.; near Lowrys Pass, Hottentots Holland, 1300 ft., Zeyher, 3764, Bolus, 4190! Caledon Div.; Houw Hoek, 1200 ft., MacOwan, Herb. Norm. Austr.-Afr., 248! Scott-Elliot, 1113! Burchell, 8146! on Donker Hoek Mountain, Burchell, 7946! Bredasdorp Div.; Elim, 500 ft., Schlechter, 7657! Riversdale Div.; Riversdale, Rust, 599! George Div.; between Zwart Vallei and the west end of Lange Vallei, Burchell, 5693! Knysna Div.; between Goukamma River and Groene Vallei, Burchell, 5619!SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Wallich! Stanger!

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