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Hypericum somaliense

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Identification
Hypericum somaliense N.Robson [family GUTTIFERAE ] Hypericum somaliense N.Robson [family GUTTIFERAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Hypericum intermedium
  • Hypericum annulatum
  • Hypericum somaliense

Flora

Entry for HYPERICUM somaliense N. Robson [family GUTTIFERAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin & G. Moggi [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
HYPERICUM somaliense N. Robson [family GUTTIFERAE], (1958);. type: N2, “Markat” (10°59’N, 48°30’E), Newbould 886 (K holo.). Fig. 145.
Information
Perennial herb, 10–60 cm tall, tomentose. Leaves sessile; blade 10–18(–23) x 4–8 mm, ovate or oblong, obtuse at the apex, rounded to somewhat clasping at the base. Flowers in corymbose cymes. Sepals up to 5 x 2 mm, with black submarginal dots. Petals yellow, 7–9 mm long. Stamens c. 30, in 3 clusters. Ovary 3-celled; styles 3, c. 6 mm long, free.
Range
N2 not known elsewhere.
Altitude range
c. 1400–1440 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Newbould 895; Thulin, Dahir & Hassan 9075.

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