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Lippia africana

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Name

Identification
Lippia savoryi Meikle [family VERBENACEAE ] (stored under name); Lippia africana Moldenke [family VERBENACEAE ] Verified by Moldenke, H.N., Lippia adoensis Hochst. [family VERBENACEAE ] Verified by Hutchinson & Dalziel, Lippia asperifolia Rich. [family VERBENACEAE ]
Related name
  • Lippia woodii
  • Lippia wilmsii
  • Lantana salviifolia
  • Lippia rehmannii
  • Lippia asperifolia
  • Lippia adoensis
  • Lippia savoryi
  • Lippia africana

Flora

Entry for Lippia savoryi Meikle [family VERBENACEAE]
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
Lippia savoryi Meikle [family VERBENACEAE], in Kew Bull. 17: 173 (1963).
Lippia multiflora var. pubescens Moldenke [family VERBENACEAE], in Phytologia 3: 271 (1950)
Lippia africana var. sessilis [family VERBENACEAE], l.c271 (1950)
Lippia nigeriensis var. brevipedunculata Moldenke [family VERBENACEAE], l.c272 (1950)
Lippia adoensis [family VERBENACEAE], of F.W.T.A., ed1, 2: 270, partly, not of Hochst.
Information
Erect woody perennial or subshrub to about 5 ft. high; leaves greyish-green, very scabrid; floral bracts pale green, densely white villose; flowers white with a yellow throat.
Distribution
Ghana: Bole (fl. Nov.) Harris!N. Nig.: Jos and Naraguta (May-Jan.) Lely 69! 241! 320! P40! Shere Hills (Dec.) Coombe 112! Kafenkey to Jos (Apr.) Gregory 281! Kontagora (Oct.) Dalz. 177! Ukata to Kontagora (fl. 8 fr. Jan.) Meikle 1059! Birnin Gwari (secondary growth, fl. Mar.) Meikle 1344! Kurra Falls Savory UCI 108! Assob (fr. Feb.) McClintock 244!

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