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Hermbstaedtia quintasii

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Identification
Isotype of Hermbstaedtia quintasii Gand. [family AMARANTHACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Hermbstaedtia odorata (Burch.) T.Cooke [family AMARANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Hermbstaedtia odorata
  • Hermbstaedtia elegans
  • Hermbstaedtia quintasii

Flora

Entry for Hermbstaedtia odorata var. aurantiaca Suesseng. Townsend [family AMARANTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 9, Part 1, page 28, (1988) Author: C. C. Townsend
Names
Hermbstaedtia quintasii Gandoger [family AMARANTHACEAE], in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 222 (1919). Type: Mozambique, Maputo, Quintas 65 (COI, isotype).
Hermbstaedtia odorata var. aurantiaca Suesseng. Townsend [family AMARANTHACEAE], in Kew Bull. 37: 82 (1982). Type: Mozambique, Polana flats, Hornby 2070 (K, lectotype).
Hermbstaedtia elegans var. aurantiaca Suesseng. [family AMARANTHACEAE], in Mitt. Bot. Staatss. München 1: 192 (1953), incl. forma bilobata Suesseng. and forma irregularis Suesseng.
Information
Flowers carmine to vermilion, the tepals with usually 2–3 pairs of lateral nerves attaining well above the middle, with additional shorter nerves. Leaves narrowly oblanceolate to obovate-spathulate.
Habitat
Always recorded from sandy soil, in grassland, as a weed of cultivations or roadsides, or in “bushveld”.
Distribution
Mozambique M Maputo, between Catembe and Mogazine, 5 km. to Catembe, 18.ii.1952, Barbosa & Lemos 8292 (K; LMJ).
Distribution (external)
S. Africa (Natal, Transvaal)
Notes
In the type of H. laxiflora the capsule is exceptionally long, almost equalling the perianth, so that the style and stigmas are exserted. This is exceedingly unusual for H. odorata. Even in such plants, however, the species is readily recognisable from forms of H. linearis by the short rather stout style and longer pseudostaminodes.

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