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Lantana salviifolia

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Name

Identification
Lantana ukambensis (Vatke) Verdc. [family VERBENACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Data not digitized, Lantana salviifolia Jacq. [family VERBENACEAE ] Verified by Data not digitized,
Related name
  • Lippia woodii
  • Lippia wilmsii
  • Lantana angolensis
  • Lantana ukambensis
  • Lantana rugosa
  • Lantana salviifolia
  • Lantana annua
  • Lantana velutina
  • Lippia africana
  • Lantana lilacina
  • Lantana trifolia

Flora

Entry for BUDDLEIA salviifolia (L.) Lam. [family ]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (1960) Author: E. A. Bruce and J. Lewis
Names
BUDDLEIA salviifolia (L.) Lam. [family ], Encycl. 1: 513 (1785); F.T.A. 4 (1): 516 (1903); Marquand in K.B. 1930: 198 (1930); T.S.K.: 125 (1936); T.T.C.L.: 270 (1949). Type: unlocalized, Herb Linnaeus (LINN, lecto.!)
Lantana salviifolia L. [family VERBENACEAE], Syst. Nat., ed. 10: 1116 (1759)
BUDDLEIA aurantiaco-maculata Gilg [family ], in E.J. 30: 377 (1901); F.T.A. 4 (1): 517 (1903). Type: Tanganyika, Mbeya District, Poroto Mts., Ngozi, Goetze 1129 (B, holo. †)
Information
Shrub or tree, up to 5 m. tall, with reddish-brown bark; young parts tomentellous, glabrescent. Leaves shortly petiolate; petiole about 3 mm. long; lamina lanceolate or narrowly lanceolate, up to 10 cm. long, 2.5 cm. wide, shortly attenuate to an acute apex, rounded or cordate at the base, crenulate. Inflorescence a compound raceme of dense clusters of cymules; lateral racemes up to 6 cm. long and 2.5 cm. in diameter; pedicels obscure. Corolla lilac to mauve or violet, with darker or orange centres; corolla-lobes very broadly oblong, with rounded apex. Anthers subsessile, inserted below the throat. Ovary almost spherical, densely hirsute above. Fig. 6/6, p. 37.
Range
DISTR. T7
Altitude range
1450–2400 (2700) m.
Distribution
TANGANYIKA Iringa District W. Mufindi, Aug. 1933, Greenway 3482!;TANGANYIKA Rungwe District N. side Rungwe Mt., valley of Kiwira R., B. D. Burtt 6232!;TANGANYIKA Njombe District Elton Plateau, Nov. 1931, R. M. Davies 34!
Distribution (external)
; Nyasaland
Portuguese East Africa
Southern Rhodesia
South Africa

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