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Oxygonum dregeanum

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Identification
Oxygonum dregeanum Meisn. [family POLYGONACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet, Oxygonum natalense Schltr. [family POLYGONACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Oxygonum natalense Schltr. [family POLYGONACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Ceratagonum unrecorded
  • Oxygonum canescens
  • Ceratogonum unrecorded
  • Oxygonum zeyheri
  • Oxygonum wittei
  • Unrecorded unrecorded
  • Oxygonum pubescens
  • Oxygonum calcaratum
  • Oxygonum overlaetii
  • Oxygonum dregeanum
  • Oxygonum delagoense
  • Oxygonum natalense

Flora

Entry for OXYGONUM dregeanum Meisn. [family POLYGONACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 5, page 459, (1912) Author: By C. H. WRIGHT.
Names
OXYGONUM dregeanum Meisn. [family POLYGONACEAE], in Linnæa, xiv. 487;—Meisn. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. ii. 551.
OXYGONUM Dregei Meisn. [family POLYGONACEAE], in DC. Prodr. xiv. 38.
OXYGONUM alatum Sond. var. dregeanum [family POLYGONACEAE], in Linnæa, xxiii. 98.
Information
stem erect or ascending, sparingly branched, terete, faintly sulcate; leaves membranous, 1–1 1/2 in. long, 3–7 lin. wide, lanceolate-oblong, rarely subspathulate, entire or few-toothed, 1-nerved, subobtuse, with or without a mucro, tapering into a 1–4 lin.-long petiole, glabrous; ochreæ greenish, membranous, 4–6 lin. long, truncate, with setæ up to 2 lin. long; racemes 6–10 in. long, straight; bracts membranous, 2–3 lin. long, oblique and subulate at the mouth; flowers hermaphrodite, about 4 in a fascicle, rarely solitary; pedicels 2–3 lin. long, straight or finally decurved, articulated at the apex; perianth whitish or pale-yellow tinged with purple; tube ovoid, 1 lin. long; lobes lanceolate, 2 lin. long; filaments white; anthers dark purple; fruit oblong, trigonous, slightly ribbed between the angles. null
Distribution
EASTERN REGION Griqualand East; Enshlenzi, 2500 ft., Tyson in MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Austr.-Afr. 1235! Pondoland; Fort William, 2500 ft., Tyson, 2718! Natal; Clairmont, Wood, 1321! Durban, Krauss, 283! Peddie! Cooper, 3059! Coast, Wood, 313! Inanda, Wood, 628! Verulam, Wood, 757! Berg Plateau, Mudd! and without precise locality, Cooper, 3060! Gerrard, 356!KALAHARI REGION Transvaal; near Lydenburg, Atherstone! Barberton, Thorncroft, 2781! Saddleback Range, 4000–4500 ft., Galpin, 615! Jeppes Town Ridges, Johannesburg, 6000 ft., Gilfillan in Herb. Galpin ., 6171! Bosch Veld, Elands River, Rehmann, 4996; Belfast, Jenkins, 6799! Orange River Colony, Cooper, 833!

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