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Osbeckia zeylanica

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Name

Identification
Osbeckia zeylanica L.f. [family MELASTOMATACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Carlo Hansen, Osbeckia serialis Naudin [family MELASTOMATACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for Osbeckia decandra (Sm.) DC. [family MELASTOMATACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 1,
Names
Osbeckia decandra (Sm.) DC. [family MELASTOMATACEAE], Prod. 3: 143 (1828); Gilg l.c. 7; Keay in Kew Bull. 1952: 164.
Osbeckia zeylanica var. decandra Sm. [family MELASTOMATACEAE], (1813)
Osbeckia afzelii (Hook. f.) Cogn. [family MELASTOMATACEAE], in DCMonogr7: 300 (1891); Gilg l.c6, t1CJac.-Felin BullMusHistNatSér2, 7: 370 (1935)
Antherotoma afzelii Hook. f. [family MELASTOMATACEAE], in F.T.A2: 444 (1871).
Information
Slender herb 4–8 in. high; petals 5, pink-mauve. Very similar to Antherotoma naudini Hook. f. but distinguished by the 5-merous flowers and connectives without appendages.
Distribution
Fr. G. Kindia Jac.-Fel. 190.S. L. Afzelius! Tower Hill, Freetown (Oct.) Deighton 2514! Near Mapaki, N.P. (Aug.) Deighton 1296! Bumbuna to Farangbaia (Sept.) Deighton 5147! Rokupr (Nov.) Jordan 153! Sasa (Sept.) Jordan 321!

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