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Myrothamnus flabellifolia

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Identification
Myrothamnus flabellifolia Welw. [family MYROTHAMNACEAE ] Myrothamnus flabellifolius Welw. [family MYROTHAMNACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by [illegible],
Related name
  • Myrothamnus flabellifolius
  • Myrothamnus flabellifolia

Flora

Entry for MYROTHAMNUS flabellifolia Welw. [family MYROTHAMNACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 2, page 403, (1871) Author: (By Mr. J. G. Baker.)
Names
MYROTHAMNUS flabellifolia Welw. [family MYROTHAMNACEAE], Apont. Phytog. Angol. Linn. Trans. xxvii. 23. t. 8.
Cliffortia? flabellifolia Sond. [family ], Fl. Cap. ii. 597.
Information
Shrub varying from 1–7 ft., extremities early woody, tetragonous, bark fissuring longitudinally. Leaves 1/3– 1/2 in. long more or less, 1/4– 1/3 in. broad, toothed, during the dry season closely plicate. Bracts broadly ovate. Stamens 4–8 (5); anthers subsessile. Ovary 3-celled, carpels connate half-way.
Distribution
Angola Lower Guinea Pungo Andongo, 3–4000 ft., and Huilla, 5–5500 ft., Dr. Welwitsch!Mozamb. Dist. “The Boss,” 4000 ft., Mgunda-Mkhali, Speke and Grant!
Distribution (external)
at the Cape
Notes
M. Baillon's plant differs in its tetramerous pistil, and in the presence of a pair of lateral bracteoles to each flower, but it is doubtless a congener.

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