Gyroptera gillettiiBotsch. [family CHENOPODIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Botschantzev, 1974
Related name
Salsola unrecorded
Lagenantha gillettii
Gyroptera gillettii
Unrecorded unrecorded
Flora
Entry for LAGENANTHA gillettii (Botsch.) M. Gilbert & Friis [family CHENOPODIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by I. Friis & M. G. Gilbert [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
LAGENANTHA gillettii(Botsch.) M. Gilbert & Friis [family CHENOPODIACEAE], (1991);
Gyroptera gillettiiBotsch. [family CHENOPODIACEAE], (1974). [type as above]
Information
Glabrous shrublet to c. 25 cm high, ± branched. Leaves 5–20 mm long, 0.6–1.4 mm in diam., linear, nearly cylindrical, glaucous-green, at base constricted into a short petiole on an indurated base, at apex shortly mucronate. Bracts 2–12 mm long, each supporting 1(–3) flowers; the lower ones very much like the cauline leaves. Bracteoles scale-like, c. 1.5 x 1 mm. Perianth cylindrical, in fruiting stage c. 3 mm long and c. 8 mm wide (including the wing), cylindrical to slightly obconical; wing horizontal, usually completely fused. Stamens, fruit, seed, and embryo as in previous species.
Range
S1
Altitude range
c. 140 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Gillett & Hemming 24333.
Distribution (external)
E Kenya
Notes
The single collection seen from Somalia is too young to be identified with certainty.
