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Margaretta cornetii

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Name

Identification
Margaretta cornetii Dewevre [family APOCYNACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Margaretta rosea Oliv. [family APOCYNACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
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  • Margaretta rosea
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Flora

Entry for Margaretta Cornetii De Wild. Var. pallida [family ASCLEPIADACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 4, Part 1, page 231, (1904) Author: (By N. E. Brown.)
Names
Margaretta Cornetii De Wild. Var. pallida [family ASCLEPIADACEAE], Études Fl. Katanga, i. 108.
Information
Leaves 2 1/2–4 in. long, 1 1/3 in. or more broad (“3,5–13 cm.” broad ex De Wild., but this must be an error), lanceolate, acute, rounded or subcordate at the base, scabrous on both sides. Sepals 4 lin. long. Corolla-lobes about 1/2 in. long. Coronal-lobes blue (Verdick), but pallid in the dried state, 10 lin. long, and not more than 3 lin. broad, wavy on the margins, glabrous. Follicles about 4 in. long. Seeds 2 1/2 lin. long, 2 lin. broad, ovate, flat, rugose, marginate.
Distribution
Congo South Central Katanga region; Lukafu, Verdick, 133.
Notes
No mention is made of any teeth upon the claw of the coronal-lobes.

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