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Leucorhaphis lamium

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Name

Identification
Leucorhaphis lamium H. + E. [family ACANTHACEAE ] Brillantaisia lamium (Nees) Benth [family ACANTHACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Leucorhaphis lamium
  • Brillantaisia lamium

Flora

Entry for Brillantaisia lamium (Nees) Benth. [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
Brillantaisia lamium (Nees) Benth. [family ACANTHACEAE], in Fl. Nigrit. 477 (1849); F.T.A. 5: 38; Benoist l.c. 334; Chev.Bot .493; Exell Cat. S. Tomé 260; Monod in Mém. I.F.A.N. 18: 13 (1962).
Leucorhaphis lamium Nees [family ], in Prod11: 97 (1847).
Information
A coarse herb, erect branched 2-4 ft. high, more or less pilose at first, with blue- or violet-purple flowers 1-1 1/4 in. long in a glandular-pubescent panicle; in damp shady places.
Habitat
; in damp shady places.
Distribution
Guin.: Kouria Caille in Hb. Chev. 14713. Fouta Djalon Chev. 18365; 18397; 18697; 18848.S. L.: Mt. Aureole, Freetown (Mar., Aug.) Dalz. 994! Lane-Poole 392! Fiaama, Nomo (Oct.) Deighton 81! Njala (Oct.) Deighton 1419! Madina (Sept.) Adames 73!Lib.: Cape Palmas (fl. & fr. July) Ansell! Bakratown (Oct.) Linder 849! White Plains (fl. 8 fr. Sept.) Barker 1418! Harper (fl. 8 fr. June) Baldwin 5993! Browntown (Aug.) Baldwin 7070!Iv. C.: Bingerville Chev. 16056. Potou to Alépé Chev. 17379; 17403. Nékaougnié to Grabo Chev. 19592. Yapo (Oct.) Leeuwenberg 1808! Boka (fl. 8 fr. Aug.) Schnell 6513!Ghana: Burton & Cameron! Axim (Sept.) Morton! Assuantsi road (fl. 8 fr. Sept.) Dalz. 149!Togo Rep.: Misahöhe (fl. & fr. July) Baumann 67!N. Nig.: Naraguta (fl. & fr. July) Lely 469! Vom Dent Young 194! (fl. 8 fr. Oct.) Hepper 1151! Jos Monod 9619.S. Nig.: Okomu F.R., Benin (fl. & fr. Sept.) Iriah FHI 23095! Ibadan (Jan.) Meikle 953! Ilaro F.R. (fl. 8 fr. Sept.) W. MacGregor 333! Sapoba (fl. 8 fr. Nov.) Meikle 590! Obudu Plateau (Aug.) Stone 63! 86! Oban Talbot 981![Br.] Cam.: Mungo Ndaw, Kumba Div. (fl. 8 fr. Oct.) Dundas FHI 15323! Bamenda (June) Maitland 1619!
Distribution (external)
Cameroun
Congo
Uganda

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