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Polygonum nyikense

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Identification
Polygonum nyikense Baker [family POLYGONACEAE ] Polygonum acuminatum H.B.K. [family POLYGONACEAE ] (stored under name); Polygonum poiretii Meisn. [family POLYGONACEAE ] Verified by Dammer, Polygonum setosulum A.Rich. [family POLYGONACEAE ] Verified by Graham, R. A..,
Related name
  • Polygonum nyikense
  • Polygonum acuminatum
  • Polygonum poiretii
  • Polygonum setosulum
  • Persicaria setosula

Flora

Entry for POLYGONUM acuminatum H. B. & K. [family POLYGONACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 6, Part 1, page 98, (1913) Author: (By J. G. Baker, with additions by C. H. Wright.)
Names
POLYGONUM acuminatum H. B. & K. [family POLYGONACEAE], Nov. Gen. et Sp. ii. 178. —Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 114 (not in Monogr. Polyg. 78), and in Mart. Fl. Bras. v. i. 14, t. 4, fig. 1 (var. Humboldtii); Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 170; Durand & Schinz, Études Fl. Congo, i. 235.
POLYGONUM Poiretii Meisn. [family POLYGONACEAE], in DC. Prodr. xiv. 113;
POLYGONUM Poiretii Dammer var. latifolium [family POLYGONACEAE], in Engl. l.c.
POLYGONUM barbatum T. Thoms. [family POLYGONACEAE], in Speke, Nile, Append. 645; Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 142, not of Linn.
POLYGONUM nyikense Baker [family POLYGONACEAE], in Kew Bulletin, 1897, 280.
Information
Stem stout, pubescent. Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, pubescent, the upper 3–4 in. long, the lower up to 1 ft. long; ochreæ densely ciliate with bristles. Spikes dense, cylindrical, 2–3 in. long, 2–4 to a stem; bracts ovate, usually ciliate. Perianth pink, not glandular, 1 lin. long; segments 4–5, ovate. Stamens included. Style bifid. Nut lenticular, black, glossy.
Distribution
Angola Lower Guinea ex Dammer.Congo Lower Guinea ex Dammer.German East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Usambara; Kwa Mshuza, Holst, 2028! Kilimanjaro, 6000 ft., Johnston, 90! in moist places in the Coast Range, Speke & Grant!Nyasaland Mozamb. Dist. Nyika Mountains, 4000–6000 ft., Whyte! Mount Chiradzulu, Whyte! and without precise locality, Buchanan, 1265 partly!Congo South Central Kingunchi, Buettner, 314, ex Durand & Schinz.

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