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Niebuhria nervosa

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Identification
Niebuhria nervosa Hochst. [family CAPPARACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet., Maerua nervosa Gilg & Benedict [family CAPPARACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Niebuhria triphylla
  • Maerua nervosa
  • Niebuhria nervosa

Flora

Entry for NIEBUHRIA nervosa Hochst. [family CAPPARACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 1, page 54, (1894) Author: (By W. SONDER.)
Names
NIEBUHRIA nervosa Hochst. [family CAPPARACEAE], in Flora, 1844
Information
leaves ternate, leaflets oblong, ovate-oblong or obovate, evidently veiny on the under side; raceme terminal, corymbose; petals four. Known from N. triphylla, which it closely resembles in aspect, by its strongly nerved leaves, 4 petalled flowers and more obtuse and shorter calyx lobes. Sepals 4 lines, petals 2 lines long; stamens and ovary as in the preceding. It agrees with Streblocarpus, Arn. in its corolla, but differs in the shorter ovary and trifoliolate leaves.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Port Natal, in woods and on the sands, Dr. Krauss. (Herb. T.C.D.)

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