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Plantago abyssinica

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Name

Identification
Plantago abyssinica Hochst. [family PLANTAGINACEAE ] Plantago lanceolata L. [family PLANTAGINACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Ryding,
Related name
  • Plantago abyssinica
  • Plantago lanceolata

Flora

Entry for PLANTAGO lanceolata Linn. [family PLANTAGINACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 5, page 502, (1900) Author: (by J. G. Baker)
Names
PLANTAGO lanceolata Linn. [family PLANTAGINACEAE], Decne. in DC. Prod. xiii. 714. —A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 206; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 395.
PLANTAGO abyssinica Hochst. ex A. Br. [family PLANTAGINACEAE], in Flora, 1841, i. 279.
Information
Perennial, acaulescent. Leaves lanceolate, narrowed gradually to the sessile base or to a short petiole. Peduncle long, slender, furrowed. Heads very dense, globose or oblong; bracts ovate, acute, as long as the calyx. Sepals oblong, obtuse, the outer often hairy. Corolla-lobes ovate, acute. Stamens and style long. Capsule 2-seeded.
Range
Native of the North Temperate zone of the Old World, now widely diffused. The Abyssinian plant represents the var. capitata of Decaisne.
Distribution
Gaboon Lower Guinea Munda; Sibange Farm, Soyaux, 384!Nubia Nile Land coast-land to between 3000–4000 ft., at about 21° N. lat., Bent!Eritrea Nile Land Hamasen district, Steudner, 1282; Degerra Valley, near Saganeiti, 7000 ft., Schweinfurth & Riva, 1248! Teramne; Godofelassi and Sassidolosatscha, Rohlfs & Stecker.Abyssinia Nile Land Tigre; in fields near Adowa, Quartin-Dillon, Schimper, 143! Hamedo Plain, Schimper, 138; Samen; Debra Eski, 9700 ft., Schimper, 91, Ataba, Steudner, 1274; Dembea; Gondar, Steudner, 1275; Shoa; Let-Marefia, Ragazzi.

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