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Monechma incanum

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Name

Identification
Monechma incanum (Nees) C.B.Clarke [family ACANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Clarke, C.B., Tyloglossa incana N. ab E. [family ACANTHACEAE ]
Related name
  • Monechma incanum
  • Justicia capensis
  • Tyloglossa incana

Flora

Entry for MONECHMA incanum C. B. Clarke [family ACANTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 5, page 1, (1912) Author: By C. B. CLARKE.
Names
MONECHMA incanum C. B. Clarke [family ACANTHACEAE]
Justicia incana T. Anders. [family ACANTHACEAE], in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 42; Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. x. 264; Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3B, 349.
Gendarussa incana Nees [family ACANTHACEAE], in Linnæa, xv. 367, excl. var. β; Drège in Linnæa, xx. 200
Gendarussa capensis Presl [family ACANTHACEAE], Bot. Bemerk. 95.
Adhatoda incana Nees [family ACANTHACEAE], in DC. Prod. xi. 393.
Justicia capensis E. Meyer [family ACANTHACEAE], in Drège, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 62, 195, not of Thunb.
Information
a persistently hoary rugged undershrub; branches 6–15 in. long, sometimes 1/4 in. in diam., with very short internodes; leaves 1/2– 3/4 by 1/10 in., linear-obovate, obtuse; flowers scattered, axillary, mostly solitary; bracts small, narrow; calyx 1/5 in. long; corolla 1/2 in. long; lower anther-cell long-tailed; pollen ellipsoid with 2 stopples, distinctly banded; capsule nearly 1/2 in. long, 2-seeded, glabrous; seeds large, hard, shining, dark brown with black blotches, subglobose, a little compressed. null
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Beaufort West Div.; between Beaufort West and Rhinoster Kop, 2500–3500 ft., Drège! Karoo near Beaufort West, Henderson! Murraysburg Div.; on the Sneeuwberg Range, near Murraysburg, Bolus, 1783! rough slopes near Murraysburg, 4100 ft., Tyson, 81! Cradock Div.; Brack River, Burke! Albert Div.; hills near Burgersdorp, Mrs. Barber!KALAHARI REGION Prieska Div.; Zand Valley, Burchell, 1632! Orange River Colony (?) Rance (? Rands) Bosch, Burke, 280! Griqualand West; Great Boetsap, 4000 ft., Marloth, 967! British Bechuanaland; Huss Hills, Holub!SOUTH AFRICA without precise locality, Zeyher, 1393!WESTERN REGION Great Namaqualand; Tiras, Schinz, 20!

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