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Neuracanthus africanus

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Name

Identification
Neuracanthus africanus T.Anderson ex S.Moore [family ACANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Neuracanthus unrecorded
  • Neuracanthus africanus
  • Barleria unrecorded

Flora

Entry for NEURACANTHUS africanus S. Moore [family ACANTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, page 1, (1900) Author: (By I. H. Burkill and C. B. Clarke.)
Names
NEURACANTHUS africanus S. Moore [family ACANTHACEAE], in Journ. Bot. 1880, 37. —Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 315.
Barleria Sacani Klotzsch ex Lindau [family ACANTHACEAE], in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 368.
Information
Branches slender, woody, minutely pubescent. Leaves 4 3/4 by 2 in., narrowed at both ends, entire, minutely pubescent on the nerves beneath, other wise glabrous, cystoliths conspicuous on both faces, base narrow, cordate-truncate; petiole 0– 1/6 in. long. Spikes 2 by 1/4 in., axillary, linear-cylindric, strobilate, apparently simple; bract 1/3 in. long, obovate, suddenly subspine-tipped. Calyx 1/3 in. long, in 2 pieces, slightly hairy; anticous piece shortly 2-toothed; posticous shortly 3-toothed. Pollen subglobose, without longitudinal depressions, obscurely reticulate. Capsule 1/3 in. long, 2-seeded.
Distribution
Portuguese East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Lower Zambesi; Lupata, Kirk! Tete, Peters!

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