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Oldenlandia corymbosa

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Name

Identification
Hedyotis burmanniana R.Br. ex Wall. [family RUBIACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Oldenlandia corymbosa L. [family RUBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Hedyotis intermedia
  • Hedyotis pusilla
  • Oldenlandia corymbosa
  • Oldenlandia capensis
  • Oldenlandia linearis
  • Oldenlandia praetermissa
  • Hedyotis longifolia
  • Oldenlandia umbellata
  • Oldenlandia herbacea
  • Oldenlandia tenuissima
  • Oldenlandia caespitosa
  • Oldenlandia scopulorum
  • Oldenlandia fastigiata
  • Oldenlandia unrecorded
  • Hedyotis burmanniana
  • Oldenlandia lancifolia

Flora

Entry for OLDENLANDIA corymbosa L. [family RUBIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by D. Bridson & M. Thulin (Pavetta), J. Degreef & D. Bridson (Coptosperma), and M. Thulin (Agathisanthemum, Canthium, Carphalea, Catunaregam, Coffea, Conostomium, Diodia, Feretia, Galium, Gardenia, Heinsia, Kohautia, Lamprothamnus, Meyna, Oldenlandia, Oxyanthus, Pachystigma, Paederia, Pentanisia, Pentanopsis, Pentas, Pentodon, Plocama, Polysphaeria, Psychotria, Psydrax, Pyrostria, Rothmannia, Rubia, Rytigynia, Spermacoce, Tennantia, Tricalysia, Valantia, Vangueria, Wendlandia) [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
OLDENLANDIA corymbosa L. [family RUBIACEAE], (1753).
Information
Annual herb, sparsely to densely branched; stems prostrate to erect, 1.5–30 cm long, glabrous to scabrid or shortly pubescent. Leaves sessile; blade linear to narrowly elliptic, 6–35 x 0.5–7 mm, acute and apiculate at the apex, glabrous to sparsely scabrid above and particularly on midvein beneath; stipule sheath 0.5–2(–3) mm long, with a few short fimbriae. Flowers isostylous, 1–several single flowers in the axils, or in 2–5-flowered pedunculate umbel-like cymes; pedicels (1–)3–10 mm long. Calyx-lobes 0.5–1.8 mm long, with scabrid margins. Corolla white or tinged blue, pink or purple; tube 0.6–1 mm long; lobes 0.5–1.2 mm long. Style 0.5–1.5 mm long. Capsule 1.2–2.2 mm long, the beak scarcely raised. Seeds pale brown, 0.3–0.4 mm long, reticulate.

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