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Herpestis monnieria

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Name

Identification
Herpestis monnieria (L.) Kunth [family SCROPHULARIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet, Septas repens Lour. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE ] Verified by Loureiro, J. de, 1790
Related name
  • Herpestis monnieria
  • Septas repens

Flora

Entry for MONIERA cuneifolia Michaux [family ]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 4, page 121, (1904) Author: By W. P. HIERN, F.R.S.
Names
MONIERA cuneifolia Michaux [family ], Fl. Bor. Amer. ii. 22, Monniera
Gratiola Monnieria Linn. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], Cent. Pl. ii. n. 120; Amœn. Acad. iv. 306.
Monniera Brownei Pers. [family ], Syn. ii. 166.
Monniera africana Pers. [family ], Syn. ii. 166.
Herpestis crenata Beauv. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], Fl. Owar. ii. 83, t. 112.
Herpestis cuneifolia Pursh [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], Fl. Amer. Sept. ii. 418.
Herpestis Monnieria Humb. Bonpl. & Kunth [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], Nov. Gen. et Sp. Pl. ii. 366; Harv. Gen. S. Afr. Pl. ed. 2, 268; Benth. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. ii. 58, and in DC. Prodr. x. 400; Bot. Mag. t. 2557.
Herpestis africana Steud. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], Nomencl. Bot. ed. i. 402.
Herpestis pedunculosa Steud [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], l.c. ed. ii. 753.
Bacopa Monniera Wettst. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3B, 77.
Information
a prostrate, creeping or decumbent herb, glabrous, leafy, small; leaves obovate-cuneiform or oblong, rounded at the apex, more or less narrowed at the base, rather thick, subsessile, 1/6– 5/6 in. long, 1/12– 1/4 in. broad, entire or crenate; flowers axillary, solitary, few, about 1/4 in. long; peduncles equalling the leaves or longer or shorter, bibracteolate near the top; calyx about 1/6 in. long in flower, 1/4 in. long in fruit; corolla pale blue or nearly white; capsules 1/8– 1/4 in. long. null
Distribution
KALAHARI REGION Griqualand West, Herbert Div.; St. Clair, Douglas, Orpen, 6!SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Drège, 5349!

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