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Polanisia lutea

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Isotype of Polanisia lutea Sond. [family CAPPARIDACEAE]
Cleome xanthopetala Briq. [family CAPPARACEAE]
Type of Polanisia lutea Sond. [family CAPPARACEAE]
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Identification
Polanisia lutea Sond. [family CAPPARACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet., Cleome foliosa Not on sheet. [family CAPPARACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Cleome lutea
  • Cleome dolichocarpa
  • Polanisia lutea
  • Cleome xanthopetala
  • Dianthera lutea
  • Cleome foliosa

Flora

Entry for POLANISIA lutea Sond. [family CAPPARACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 1, page 54, (1894) Author: (By W. SONDER.)
Names
POLANISIA lutea Sond. [family CAPPARACEAE]
Cleome lutea E. Mey. [family CAPPARACEAE], Herb. Drege.
Dianthera lutea Klotsch [family ], in Pet. Mozamb. Bot. p. 160, note.
Information
herbaceous, the stem, leaves, calyces and pods glandularly rough; leaves 3–5-foliolate; leaflets ovate-oblong, flat, as long as the petiole or shorter; stamens 12; pod on a long stipes, linear, spreading. 1–1 1/2 feet high, pale green, leafy, slightly branched, the whole plant rough with sessile glands. Lower leaves 5-, upper 3-foliolate; petioles terete, furrowed above, the lower ones uncial. Leaflets of intermediate leaves 8–10 lines long, 3–4 lines broad, acute, at each side glandular, especially at the margin; upper leaves gradually smaller. Calyx 3 lines long; petals more than twice as long, obovate, narrowed at base, yellow. Stamens in the specimens seen always 12, all fertile and of nearly equal length. Pods 2–3 inches long, a line wide, beaked with a style 1–1 1/2 lines long; valves parallelly veined, the veins anastomosing; thecaphore 5–6 lines long. This seems to be very nearly related to the preceding.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Orange River, near Verleptram, Drege. (Herb. Vind. Sond.)

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