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Phylica paniculata

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Name

Identification
Phylica paniculata Will. [family RHAMNACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet, Soulangia marifolia Bernh. [family RHAMNACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Soulangia arborescens
  • Phylica paniculata
  • Soulangia marifolia

Flora

Entry for PHYLICA paniculata Willd. [family RHAMNACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 1, page 475, (1894) Author: (By W. SONDER.)
Names
PHYLICA paniculata Willd. [family RHAMNACEAE], ! spec. 1. p. 1112;—Thunb. fl. cap. p. 203. DC. l. c. p. 36.
PHYLICA myrtifolia Poir. [family RHAMNACEAE], dict. 5. p. 293.
Soulangia paniculata Brogn. [family ], l. c. 5.
Soulangia arborescens E. & Z. [family ], ! 1045, 1046.
Soulangia paniculata E. & Z. [family ], ! 1045, 1046.
Information
branches virgate, twigs puberulous; leaves spreading, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, obtuse or sub-cordate at the base, shining above, downy white beneath, with sub-recurved margins; flowers disposed in leafy terminal, panicled racemes. Shrub, 2–10 feet high. Leaves short, petiolate, spreading or reflexed, 5–6 lines long, 2 lines wide, or the larger ones 8–12 lines long, 3 lines wide, upper shorter. Flowers about 1/2 line long, in the axil of a subulate bractea, tomentose, sub-turbinate; segments ovate, acute. Fruit 2 1/2–3 lines long, obovate, smooth, blackish when dry; area as large as the capsule.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Stony places of Mt. Bothasberg, Grahamstown, Albany, Boschmansrivier, Zeyh. 2224 α.; Winterhoek and Vanstadensriviersberge, Uitenhage, E. & Z.! T. Williamson. Kromrivier, Drege. Elandsrivier, Niven. Port Natal, Gueinzius. Var. β. Winterhoek, Krauss. Elandsrivier, Ecklon. Ap.-Jun. (Herb., reg. Ber., Holm, Sond., T.C.D.)

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