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Limeum linifolium

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Name

Identification
Limeum echinatum H. Walter [family MOLLUGINACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by HBG-formal name change, 2008 Limeum linifolium Fenzl [family MOLLUGINACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Limeum echinatum
  • Gardinia unrecorded
  • Limeum sulcatum
  • Gardinia diffusa
  • Acanthocarpaea scabrida
  • Limeum mossambicense
  • Limeum argute-carinatum
  • Limeum unrecorded
  • Limeum linifolium
  • Limeum pterocarpum
  • Gardinia berrottetii
  • Limeum diffusum
  • Limeum africanum
Common name
  • maïtara (JMD) (MALI, SONGHAI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1

Flora

Entry for LIMEUM linifolium Fenzl [family MOLLUGINACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 1, page 151, (1894) Author: (By W. H. HARVEY).
Names
LIMEUM linifolium Fenzl [family MOLLUGINACEAE], Monogr. p. 342;—Moq. in DC. Prod. 13. 2. p. 24.
Dicarpæa linifolia Presl [family ], Drege, 2631.
Information
annual, glabrous; stems diffuse, branching, angular and striate; leaves sub-sessile, narrow-linear, elongate, tapering at base, obtuse or sub-acute, mucronulate; cymes opposite the leaves, sessile, dense, sub-globose, several-flowered; sepals ovate, acuminate, nerveless, albo-marginate; fruits as long as the sepals, bristling with sharp tubercles. A very distinct species, with very narrow leaves, an inch or more in length, and from 1/2 line to 1 line in breadth. The sepals have a wide, white border and the fruits differ from those of the other species.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA S. Africa, Drege! Caledon River, Burke! (Herb. Hook., Benth., Sond.).

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