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Justicia blepharostegia

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Name

Identification
Justicia blepharostegia E. Meyer in Drège nom. nud. [family ACANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Monechma angustifolium
  • Monechma debile
  • Justicia blepharostegia
  • Justicia debilis
  • Monechma bracteatum
  • Justicia bracteata

Flora

Entry for MONECHMA bracteatum Hochst. [family ACANTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 5, page 1, (1912) Author: By C. B. CLARKE.
Names
MONECHMA bracteatum Hochst. [family ACANTHACEAE], in Flora, 1841, 375),—Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 411; C. B. Clarke in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. v. 214 with all syn.
MONECHMA debile Schinz [family ACANTHACEAE], in Mém. Herb. Boiss. x. 64.
MONECHMA angustifolium Nees [family ACANTHACEAE], in DC. Prod. xi. 412.
Justicia blepharostegia E. Meyer [family ACANTHACEAE], in Drège, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 160, 195; T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 43; Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3B, 349.
Dicliptera blepharostegia Presl [family ACANTHACEAE], Bot. Bemerk. 95.
Information
pubescent; stems 1–3 ft. long; leaves up to 4 1/2 by 1–1 1/2 in. (usually much smaller), narrowed at both ends; petiole 1/2–1 in. long; spikes subsessile (sometimes more than 2 at one node), 2 by 2/3 in., strobilate; bracts 1/4– 1/3 in. in diam., ovate or orbicular; calyx 1/5 in. long; corolla 1/3– 1/2 in. long, white; lower anther-cell long-tailed; pollen oblong-ellipsoid, stopples 2, longitudinal bands rather obscure; capsule 1/4 in. long, hairy, 2-seeded; seeds smooth, yellow-brown, often with black blotches. null
Range
Common in Tropical Africa; also in Bombay.
Distribution
EASTERN REGION Natal; near Durban, below 500 ft., Drège! Umhloti Flat, Wood, 1236! and without precise locality, Gerrard, 392! Delagoa Bay, Junod, 145!KALAHARI REGION Transvaal; Klipdam, 4500 ft., Schlechter, 4492!

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