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Lippia schimperi

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Identification
Lantana viburnoides (Forssk.) J. Vahl [family VERBENACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Data not digitized, Isotype of Lippia schimperi Hochst. [family VERBENACEAE ] Verified by Data not digitized,
Related name
  • Lantana ukambensis
  • Lantana viburnoides
  • Lippia schimperi

Flora

Entry for LANTANA viburnoides Vahl [family VERBENACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, page 273, (1900) Author: (by J. G. Baker and O. Stapf)
Names
LANTANA viburnoides Vahl [family VERBENACEAE], Schauer in DC. Prod. xi. 605. —A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 168; Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 120; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 355.
Lippia Schimperi Hochst. [family VERBENACEAE], in Flora, xxiv. (1841) i. Intell. 23.
Information
An erect little-branched shrub. Stems densely hairy upwards, without any prickles. Leaves opposite, shortly petioled, ovate, often 3–4 in. long, conspicuously crenate, scabrous above, slightly rugose and pubescent beneath. Spikes axillary, peduncled, elongating, finally 1–1 1/2 in. long; bracts ovate, acute, very hairy, the upper 1/6 in., the lower 1/4 in. long. Corolla very small; tube pubescent, 1/6 in. long; limb 1/12 in. diam. Drupe purple, the size of a small pea, ribbed vertically when dry.
Distribution
German East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Kilimanjaro, 4400 ft., Johnston, 91! Volkens, 265!Abyssinia Nile Land at the foot of Mount Sholoda, Schimper, 257! and without precise locality, Schimper, 455!British East Africa Nile Land Jur; Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth, 2342!Niger Upper Guinea Nupe, Barter, 1286!
Distribution (external)
Arabia

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