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Metzleria dregeana

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Identification
Isotype of Metzleria dregeana Sond. [family CAMPANULACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet, Metzleria depressa (L.f.) C. Presl [family CAMPANULACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Lobelia depressa Thunb. ex Harv. & Sond. [family CAMPANULACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Isotype of Metzleria dregeana Sond. [family CAMPANULACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Lobelia depressa L.f. [family CAMPANULACEAE ] Verified by Wimmer, F.E., 1937 Lobelia depressa L.f. [family CAMPANULACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Lobelia angolensis Engl. & Diels [family CAMPANULACEAE ] Verified by Thulin, M., 1980 Metzleria depressa A.DC. [family CAMPANULACEAE ] Verified by Thulin, M., 1980 Lobelia sonderiana (Kuntze) Lammers [family CAMPANULACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Metzleria dregeana
  • Lobelia sonderiana
  • Metzleria depressa
  • Lobelia angolensis
  • Lobelia depressa

Flora

Entry for METZLERIA Dregeana Sond. [family ]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 3, page 530, (1894) Author: (By W. SONDER).
Names
METZLERIA Dregeana Sond. [family ]
METZLERIA depressa Presl [family ], ! l. c. DC.! Prod. p. 350, not Lob. depressa, Thunb.
Information
glabrous; stems prostrate, branched, rooting; branches angular, very leafy; leaves ovate, tapering at the base, acutish or obtuse, entire; peduncles axillary, as long or shorter than the leaf, biglandular at the base. Stems 2–5 inches long. Leaves on a very short petiole, or subattenuated at the base, subfleshy, 2–3 lines long, 1 1/2 line wide. Calyx-lobes twice shorter than the tube. Corolla rose-coloured? 1 1/2 line long, lobes lanceolate or acuminate. Capsule 1 line long. Distinguished from M. depressa by very numerous broader, nearly sessile leaves, shorter peduncles, and larger flowers.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Witbergen, 6–7000 ft. Drege. Aapjesriver, Burke & Zeyh. n. 1047, October. (Herb. Hook., D., Sd.)

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