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Lankesteria brevior

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Identification
Lankesteria brevior C.B.Clarke [family ACANTHACEAE ] Verified by Hutchinson; Dalziel, Lankesteria brevior C.B.Clarke [family ACANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Clarke, C.B., Lankesteria elegans (P.Beauv.) T.Anderson [family ACANTHACEAE ] Verified by Clarke, C.B., Lankesteria barteri Hook.f. [family ACANTHACEAE ]
Related name
  • Lankesteria elegans
  • Lankesteria minor
  • Lankesteria brevior
  • Lankesteria barteri
Common name
  • gegba (SKS) kafa-hina (def.-hinei) (FCD) (SIERRA LEONE, MENDE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • otiemasa the ‘large otiemasa’, (cf. Elytraria marginata, the ‘small o.’) (FRI) (GHANA, AKAN-ASANTE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • a-kan-a-kei (Dawe) (SIERRA LEONE, TEMNE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1

Flora

Entry for Lankesteria brevior C. B. Cl. [family ACANTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 2,
Names
Lankesteria brevior C. B. Cl. [family ACANTHACEAE], in J. Llnn. Soc. 37: 110 (1905); Aké Assi, Contrib. 1: 207.
Lankesteria elegans [family ACANTHACEAE], of ChevBot. 495 (Chev. 16567bis, 16646,19964), not of (PBeauv.) TAnders
Information
Habit of the last but flowers pure white with yellow throat, corolla-tube usually considerably shorter, and bracts smaller, pubescent and often turning bronze-tinged when old.
Distribution
S. L.: Blama (Dec.) Deighton 312! Kpaku (Apr.) Deighton 1609! Fairo (Mar.)Lib.: Monrovia Dinklage 2917! 2955! Whyte! Firestone Plantation, Du R. (Dec.) Bequaert 3! Dukwia R. (fl. 8 fr. Feb.) Cooper 160! Kakatown Whyte! Robertsport Baldwin 10926!Iv. C.: Bouroukrou (Dec.) Chev. 16567bis! 16646! Tabou to Bériby Chev. 19964! Banco (July) de Wit 7096! 7761! Téke (Aug.) de Wit 7097! Mangenot 8 Aké Assi IA 108! Sassandra (Jan., Aug.) Leeuwenberg 2521! de Wilde 346! Angédédou, Abidjan (Nov.) Leeuwenberg 1861!Ghana: Wiawso (Dec.) Andoh FH 5603! Akim (Dec.) Johnson 261! Irvine 1816! Bompata (Dec.) Dalz. 150! Kumasi (Feb.) Vigne FH 1883! Akota (Dec.) Darko 1064![Br.] Cam.: Tiko (Jan.) Dunlap 173! Johann-Albrechtshöhe (=Kumba) Staudt 538! S. Bakundu F.R., Kumba (Jan.) Keay FHI 28561! (See Appendix, p. 451.)

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