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Plectranthus zuluensis

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Holotype of Plectranthus zuluensis T.Cooke [family LABIATAE]
Holotype of Plectranthus zuluensis T.Cooke [family LABIATAE]
Plectranthus zuluensis T.Cooke
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Name

Identification
Plectranthus zuluensis T.Cooke [family LAMIACEAE ]
Related name
  • Plectranthus zuluensis

Flora

Entry for PLECTRANTHUS zuluensis T. Cooke [family LABIATAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 5, page 226, (1912) Author: By N. E. BROWN, T. COOKE and S. A. SKAN.
Names
PLECTRANTHUS zuluensis T. Cooke [family LABIATAE], in Kew Bulletin, 1909, 379
Information
a slender herb; stems obtusely quadrangular, puberulous; leaves 1–1 1/2 in. long, 1 in. broad, ovate, acute, glabrous or nearly so, with regularly serrate margins, truncate or shortly cuneate at the base; petioles 1/4– 3/4 in. long, puberulous; inflorescence a simple terminal raceme 2 1/2–4 1/2 in. long; verticils 4–6-flowered, 3–5 lin. apart, not pedunculate; bracts 1 1/2–2 lin. long, obovate, acuminate; pedicels 1 1/2 lin. long; flowering calyx 2 lin. long, campanulate, pubescent; upper tooth 1/2 lin. long, broadly ovate, subacute; lateral teeth 1/2 lin. long, deltoid, acute; 2 lower teeth twice as long as the lateral, lanceolate, acute; corolla-tube nearly 3 lin. long, narrow cylindric basal portion 1/2– 3/4 lin. long, tube nearly straight and subcylindric above, saccate above the narrow part; upper lip 2 lin. long, 1 1/2 lin. broad, obovate, rounded at the apex, with 2 lateral rounded lobes near the base; stamens exserted; nutlets not seen. null
Distribution
EASTERN REGION Natal or Zululand; Gerrard, 1675!

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