Otomeria lanceolataHiern [family RUBIACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
Otomeria leptocarpa
Otomeria angolensis
Otiophora angolensis
Otomeria lanceolata
Flora
Entry for OTOMERIA lanceolata Hiern [family RUBIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 1, page 33, (1877) Author: (By Mr. W. P. Hiern.)
Names
OTOMERIA lanceolataHiern [family RUBIACEAE]
Information
Somewhat shrubby, branched, glabrous or glabrescent in most parts. Branches rather slender, stiff. Leaves lanceolate, mostly acute, attenuate at the base into a short petiole, sub-fasciculate, ranging up to 2 1/4 by 1/2 in.; stipules of about three needle-shaped setæ. Spikes 3–13 in. long. Flowers 3/4 in. long, dimorphic. Calyx-tube ribbed in fruit, 1/6– 1/5 in. long; long lobe 1/4– 1/3 in. long.
Distribution
Congo Lower Guinea Chr. Smith! Burton! (Wild Diamba.)
Notes
Probably the second species of Neurocarpæa (Pentas) which is the fourth new genus of Rubiaceæ mentioned by Brown in the appendix to Tuckey's Congo, page 448 (1818).
