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Pentas leucaster

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Identification
Pentas leucaster K.Krause [family RUBIACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Pentas lanceolata (Forssk.) Defl. [family RUBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Verdcourt, 1952
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  • Pentas lanceolata
  • Pentas leucaster

Flora

Entry for PENTAS lanceolata (K. Krause) Verdc. var. leucaster [family RUBIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (1976) Author: B. VERDCOURT
Names
PENTAS lanceolata (K. Krause) Verdc. var. leucaster [family RUBIACEAE], in B.J.B.B. 23: 347, 34/C (1953). Type: Rwanda, Lake Mohasi, Mildbraed 444 (B, holo. †, BR, iso. (fragment)!)
PENTAS leucaster K. Krause [family RUBIACEAE], in Z.A.E. 2: 312 (1911)
PENTAS coerulea Chiov. [family RUBIACEAE], in Atti Reale Accad. Ital., Mem. Cl. Sci. Mat. Nat. 11: 34 (1940). Type: Ethiopia, Galla Sidama, Saio, near Taber, Giordano 2452 (FI, holo.!)
Information
Erect herb to ± 1 m.; stems mostly very densely covered with spreading hairs. Leaves ovate, mostly densely hairy; petiole very short. Flowers numerous in dense heads, which do not become spicate in fruit, often rather showy; corolla-tube 1.4–2 cm. long; lobes 4–6.5 × 1.2–3.75 mm.
Range
DISTR. U1–4; K1–3, 4 (intermediates) 5,?6; T1
Altitude range
1080–2400 m.
Distribution
KENYA W. Suk District Kapenguria, 13 May 1932, Napier 1902!KENYA Trans-Nzoia District Hoey’s Bridge. 15 Aug. 1963, Heriz-Smith & Paulo 926!KENYA Kavirondo District Kakamega Forest, 9 Dec. 1956, Verdcourt 1640!TANZANIA Ngara District Bugufi, Jan. 1936, Chambers 32! & Nyamyaga [Nyamiaga], Mukagezi, 6 Jan. 1961, Tanner 5591B!UGANDA Kigezi District Ruhinda, Jan. 1951, Purseglove 3537!UGANDA Mbale District 9.6 km. N. of Busia, Buteba [Butiba], Oluchor Hill, 4 May 1951, G. H. Wood 187!UGANDA Mubende District near Kasambya, 15 May 1957, Griffiths 11!
Distribution (external)
E. Zaire
Rwanda
Sudan
Ethiopia

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