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Hedyotis aspera

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Identification
Hedyotis aspera Heyne ex Roth. [family RUBIACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Kohautia subverticillata (K.Schum.) Mantell [family RUBIACEAE ] Verified by Mantell, D.E., 1984 Kohautia subverticillata (K.Schum.) Mantell [family RUBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Hedyotis aspera
  • Kohautia subverticillata

Flora

Entry for KOHAUTIA aspera (Heyne ex Roth) Bremek. [family RUBIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by D. Bridson & M. Thulin (Pavetta), J. Degreef & D. Bridson (Coptosperma), and M. Thulin (Agathisanthemum, Canthium, Carphalea, Catunaregam, Coffea, Conostomium, Diodia, Feretia, Galium, Gardenia, Heinsia, Kohautia, Lamprothamnus, Meyna, Oldenlandia, Oxyanthus, Pachystigma, Paederia, Pentanisia, Pentanopsis, Pentas, Pentodon, Plocama, Polysphaeria, Psychotria, Psydrax, Pyrostria, Rothmannia, Rubia, Rytigynia, Spermacoce, Tennantia, Tricalysia, Valantia, Vangueria, Wendlandia) [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
KOHAUTIA aspera (Heyne ex Roth) Bremek. [family RUBIACEAE], (1952);
Hedyotis aspera Heyne ex Roth [family RUBIACEAE], (1821). [type as above]
Information
Annual herb up to 40 cm tall; stems scabrid. Leaves linear to narrowly elliptic, 20–40 x 1–4 mm, acute, scabrid particularly along margins; stipule sheath c. 1 mm long with 2 up to 2 mm long fimbriae. Flowers in lax cymes with often 2 subsessile flowers at a node. Calyx-lobes narrowly triangular, c. 1–1.5 mm long. Corolla white or sometimes brownish, bluish or pinkish; tube 2.5–3.5 mm long; lobes 1–1.5 mm long. Style c. 2 mm long with 2-lobed stigma. Capsule 2–4 mm in diam., ± sparsely papillose. Seeds pale brown, c. 0.4–0.6 mm long.
Range
N1; S1 widespread in the drier parts of tropical and southern Africa,
Altitude range
400–1400 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Warfa & Yusuf 1132; Thulin & Bashir Mohamed 6822; White 155.
Distribution (external)
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Arabian peninsula
Pakistan
India

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