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Mollugo suffruticosa

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Identification
Mollugo suffruticosa Peter [family MOLLUGINACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
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Flora

Entry for HYPERTELIS bowkeriana Sond. [family MOLLUGINACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (1961) Author: C. Jeffrey
Names
HYPERTELIS bowkeriana Sond. [family MOLLUGINACEAE], in Harv. & Sond., Fl. Cap. 1: 145 (1860). Type: South Africa, Cape Province, Bowker (K, holo.!)
Pharnaceum suffruticosum Bak. [family MOLLUGINACEAE], in J.L.S. 20: 151 (1883). Type: Madagascar, Ambongo, Pervillé 647 (K, holo.!)
Mollugo suffruticosa Peter [family MOLLUGINACEAE], in Abh. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen, n.f. 13 (2): 54 (1928); F.D.O.-A. 2, Descr.: 29, t. 34. (1932); F.D.O.-A. 2: 259 (1938). Type: Tanganyika: Pare District, NW. of Buiko towards Hedaru, Peter 41190 (B, holo. †)
Mollugo suffruticosa Peter forma annua [family MOLLUGINACEAE], F.D.O.-A. 2, Descr.: 29 (1932); F.D.O.-A. 2: 259 (1938). Type: Lushoto District: Lake Manga, Peter 10864 (B, holo. †)
Hypertelis suffruticosa (Bak.) Adamson [family MOLLUGINACEAE], in J. S. Afr. Bot. 24: 55 (1958)
Information
A perennial shrubby herb up to 30 cm. high with ascending procumbent or creeping branches 5–40 cm. long. Leaves alternate or subopposite, and also in axillary fascicles on short side-branches at the nodes, linear, succulent, glaucous, subcylindrical, often with wart-like glands, 12–60 mm. long, 0.5–1.0 mm. wide. Stipules membranous, triangular, somewhat divaricate, arising from the expanded membranous margins of the leaf-bases. Pedicels 3–9 cm. long, usually smooth but sometimes (like the pedicels and calyces) with a few obscure glandular warts. Stamens 5. Fig. 6.
Range
DISTR. K4, 7 Ethiopia southwards to Cape Province of South Africa
Altitude range
0–1600 m.
Distribution
KENYA Machakos District Athi River Stn., 29 Aug. 1947, Bally 5247!KENYA Lamu, W. side of town, 15 Feb. 1956, Greenway & Rawlins 8912!
Distribution (external)
Madagascar

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