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Mechowia grandiflora

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Name

Identification
Mechowia grandiflora Schinz [family AMARANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Borsch, R., 1998
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Entry for MECHOWIA grandiflora Schinz [family AMARANTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 6, Part 1, page 14, (1913) Author: (By J. G. Baker, with additions by C. H. Wright.)
Names
MECHOWIA grandiflora Schinz [family AMARANTHACEAE], in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iii. 1A, 110. —Schinz in Engl. Jahrb. xxi. 186; Durand & De Wild. in Comptes-rendus Soc. Bot. Belg. xxxvi. 85; Gilg in Baum, Kunene-Samb. Exped. 231, 433, 469.
Information
Branches 6–10 in. long, rigid, from a woody base; at the top angular and pubescent. Leaves 2 by 4/5 in., elliptic or oblong, tip obtuse, sometimes apiculate, base narrowed, hardly petioled, nearly glabrous. Peduncles 1–2 in. long, pubescent. Heads 1/2– 2/3 in. in diam., dense, reddish. Bracteoles 2, oblong, about 1/6 in. long. Perianth-segments 1/3 in. long.
Distribution
Angola Lower Guinea Longa River, 4000 ft., Baum, 634!Congo South Central Mpweto, Descamps.

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