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Osyris tenuifolia

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Identification
Isotype of Osyris tenuifolia Engl. [family SANTALACEAE ] Osyris lanceolata Hochst.&Steud. [family SANTALACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Polhill,R.M.,
Related name
  • Osyris wightiana
  • Osyris arborea
  • Osyris abyssinica
  • Fusanus alternifolius
  • Osyris lanceolata
  • Unrecorded unrecorded
  • Osyris tenuifolia
  • Osyris parvifolia
  • Osyris pendula

Flora

Entry for OSYRIS tenuifolia Engl. [family SANTALACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 6, Part 1, page 411, (1913) Author: (By J. G. Baker, with additions by C. H. Wright.)
Names
OSYRIS tenuifolia Engl. [family SANTALACEAE], Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 167.
Information
A much-branched shrub, glabrous in all its parts. Leaves thin, spreading, lanceolate, very shortly petioled. Peduncles axillary, solitary; bracts 2, lanceolate, minute. Perianth turbinate; lobes deltoid, rather shorter than the tube.
Distribution
German East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Kilimanjaro, Volkens, 232, 1732, Merker; Usambara; Kwai, Busse, 384, Albers, 123; Msulu, Albers, 220.

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