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Lindenbergia abyssinica

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Identification
Lindenbergia abyssinica Hochst. ex Benth. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE ] Lindenbergia indica (L.) Vatke [family SCROPHULARIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Vetter,G.,
Related name
  • Lindenbergia abyssinica
  • Lindenbergia indica

Flora

Entry for LINDENBERGIA indica (L.) Vatke [family SCROPHULARIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by P. Cuccuini & C. Nepi (Alectra, Anticharis, Aptosimum, Scrophularia), E. Fischer (Bacopa, Craterostigma, Lindernia, Pseudosopubia, Rhabdotosperma, Stemodiopsis, Verbascum), Ghebrehiwet Medhanie (Nanorrhinum), M. Hjertson (Campylanthus, Lindenbergia), K.I. Mohamed & L.J. Musselman (Striga), M. Thulin (Camptoloma, Chaenorhinum, Cycnium, Ghikaea, Harveya, Misopates, Schweinfurthia, Veronica, Xylocalyx) [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
LINDENBERGIA indica (L.) Vatke [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], (1875);
Dodartia indica L. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], (1753). [type as above]
LINDENBERGIA sinaica (Decne.) Benth. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], (1835).
LINDENBERGIA abyssinica Hochst. ex Benth. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], (1846).
LINDENBERGIA nigrescens Vatke [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], (1875);. type: N2, “Ahl” Mts. at “Yafir”, Hildebrandt 863c (B holo., destr.).
Information
Erect to prostrate or hanging herbs or subshrubs, up to 60 cm tall when erect or up to 100 cm when hanging, sparsely to densely pilose with glandular and eglandular hairs. Leaves lanceolate to ovate or suborbicular, 1.5–60 x 1–45 mm, cuneate to very shortly attenuate at the base, obtuse to acute at the apex, subentire to serrate-dentate or crenate; petiole 1–25 mm long. Flowers solitary or arranged in a loose to condensed terminal raceme; pedicels 1–6 mm long. Calyx 3–8 mm long. Corolla yellow to orange yellow, often with a reddish upper lip and with reddish-brown spots inside, sometimes also on the lobes of the lower lip, sometimes turning pinkish to reddish when fading, 8–18 mm long, sparsely to densely pilose with glandular and eglandular hairs outside. Stamens almost glabrous to sparsely pilose at the base with mainly glandular hairs. Style glabrous. Capsule ovoid, 4–8 x 2–4 mm, rounded to pointed at the apex, glabrous to sparsely pilose.
Range
N1–3; C2
Altitude range
30–550 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Glover & Gilliland 865; Thulin & Warfa 5935; Thulin 5664.
Distribution (external)
Egypt
Sudan
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Djibouti
Israel
Jordan
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
Oman
United Arab Emirates
Iran
Pakistan
India
Bangladesh
Notes
A very polymorphic species, particularly as regards indumentum and size of leaves and flowers. Different forms may grow together, giving the impression of distinct taxa. A very small-flowered form with unusually long pedicels, represented by Thulin 5664, occurs in south-central Somalia and neighbouring Ethiopia and Kenya.

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