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Isoglossa gregorii

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Identification
Isoglossa gregorii (S. Moore) Lindau [family ACANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by I. Darbyshire, 2005 Isotype of Justicia nyassana Lindau [family ACANTHACEAE ] Verified by Not on Sheet,
Related name
  • Justicia nyassana
  • Isoglossa gregorii
  • Isoglossa oerstediana
  • Justicia nyassae

Flora

Entry for ISOGLOSSA Gregorii Lindau [family ACANTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, page 1, (1900) Author: (By I. H. Burkill and C. B. Clarke.)
Names
ISOGLOSSA Gregorii Lindau [family ACANTHACEAE], in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 372. —Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 344.
Homilacanthus Gregorii S. Moore [family ], in Journ. Bot. 1894, 129, t. 343.
Information
Leaves 1 3/4 by 1 in., ovate, nearly glabrous. Inflorescence terminal up to 4 by 1/2 in.; flowers in small sessile clusters; outer bract (of S. Moore) 1/3– 1/2 in. long, ovate, enclosing 3–1 flowers; bract 1/4 in. long, linear. Calyx 1/3 in. long, and upwards, pubescent. Corolla-tube 1/3 in. long; lips 1/8 in. long. Anther-cells one much lower than the other. Pistil, capsule, and seeds of the genus.
Distribution
British East Africa Nile Land Mount Kenia, 7000 ft., Gregory!
Notes
S. Moore regarded the floral-leaves (tragblätter) which enclose the flower-clusters as bracts (deck-blätter); and therefore supposed this species must fall among Bentham's subtribe Dicliptereæ.

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