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Plectranthus psammophilus

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Plectranthus psammophilus Codd [family LABIATAE]
Isotype of Plectranthus psammophilus Codd [family LAMIACEAE]
Isotype of Plectranthus psammophilus Codd [family LABIATAE]
Type of Plectranthus psammophilus Codd [family LAMIACEAE]
Isotype of Plectranthus psammophilus Codd [family LAMIACEAE]
Isotype of Plectranthus psammophilus Codd [family LAMIACEAE]
Type of Plectranthus madagascariensis (Pers.) Benth. var. aliciae Codd [family LAMIACEAE]
Holotype of Plectranthus psammophilus Codd [family LAMIACEAE]
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Identification
Isotype of Plectranthus psammophilus Codd [family LAMIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Plectranthus madagascariensis
  • Plectranthus psammophilus

Flora

Entry for Plectranthus psammophilus [family LAMIACEAE]
Herbarium
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Compton Herbarium, Cape Town (SAM)
Collection
Flora of Southern Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of South Africa, (2003) Author: Dr J.P. Roux
Names
Plectranthus psammophilus [family LAMIACEAE]
Information
Perennial semi-succulent herb; stems slender, branching, decumbent to procum­bent, up to 0,5 m long, glandular-hirsute. Leaves petiolate; blade soft, drying fairly thin in texture, ovate-triangular, 20—40 x 18—40 mm, sparingly pubescent, under-surface with reddish brown gland-dots, apex obtuse, base truncate, margin obscurely crenate-dentate; petiole 10—20 mm long. Inflorescence simple or with a pair of branches near the base; racemes slender, 100—200 mm long; flowers in sessile 3 —6-flowered cymes, forming 6 — 12-flowered verticils 1—4 mm apart; bracts often persisting to the flowering stage. Calyx 3 mm long at fruiting stage, gibbous at the base. Corolla blue-mauve, 5 mm long; tube nearly straight, expanding near the base; lower lip boat-shaped, 2,5 mm long. Stamens free to the base, 2,5—3 mm long.
Habitat
Allied to P. madagascariensis var. madagascar-iensis (no. 19a) but the inflorescence tends to be denser and the flowers smaller, blue-mauve in colour, not white.
Use
21. Plectranthus psammophilus Codd in Bothalia 11: 405 (1975). Type: Natal, Makatini Flats, Strey 5779 (PRE, holo.!).
Range
Recorded only from northern KwaZulu; in coastal woodland on sandy flats. Map 83.

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