Compilation
Lipozygis carinata

5 Images see all

Previous
Next

Name

Identification
Lipozygis carinata E.Mey. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE ] Lotononis carinata (E.Mey.) Benth. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Van Wyk, B.-E.,
Related name
  • Lipozygis carinata
  • Lotononis carinata

Flora

Entry for LOTONONIS carinata Benth. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 2, page 1, (1894) Author: (By W. H. HARVEY).
Names
LOTONONIS carinata Benth. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], ! l. c. p. 609
Lipozygis carinata E. Mey. [family FABACEAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], ! Comm. p. 80.
Information
procumbent, glabrous, or microscopically puberulous; branches filiform, ascending, elongate; stipules in pairs, linear, unequal, rarely solitary; leaflets on very short petioles, cuneate-oblong or linear; flowers subsessile, 1–3 together opposite the leaves; calyx-lobes from a broad base, subulate; the obovate-oblong vexillum, and the obtuse carina silky; legumes. . ? A very slender and nearly glabrous plant; the pubescence, where it exists, is extremely minute, thin, and closely appressed. Flowers 2–3 lines long. Leaflets 2–3 times as long as their petiole, acute or mucronulate, 5–6 lines long.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Caffraria, between Omsamculo and Omcomas, Drege! (Herb. Bth.)

Related Materials