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Primula simensis

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Name

Identification
Isotype of Primula simensis Hochst. [family PRIMULACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Primula verticillata Forssk. [family PRIMULACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Primula boveana
  • Primula verticillata
  • Primula simensis

Flora

Entry for PRIMULA verticillata Forsk. [family PRIMULACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 1, page 487, (1877) Author: (By Prof. Oliver.)
Names
PRIMULA verticillata Forsk. [family PRIMULACEAE], Fl. Ægypt.-Arab. p. 42.
PRIMULA Boveana Decaisne [family PRIMULACEAE], DC. Prodr. viii. p. 35
PRIMULA simensis Hochst. [family PRIMULACEAE], in Hb. Schimp. Abyss.; Jaub. et Spach. Ill. Pl. Or. v. t. 440; Bot. Mag. t. 6042.
Information
Leaves obovate-spathulate or oblanceolate, usually acute or broadly pointed, narrowed into a rather long more or less alate petiole, unequally dentate-serrate, glabrous above, more or less farinose at least at first beneath, with the petiole from 2 to 8 in. long. Scape erect, 1/4–1 ft. or taller, usually with 2–3 involucrate whorls of pedicellate pale yellow flowers; bracts of involucre sessile, lanceolate, elliptical or obovate, acute, unequally serrate or dentate, usually equalling or exceeding the pedicels. Calyx campanulate, 5-fid, mealy or glabrous; segments lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, entire or toothed, 2–5 times shorter than the slender tube of the hypocrateriform corolla.
Distribution
Abyssinia Nile Land Schimper! Quartin-Dillon and Petit!
Distribution (external)
Arabia
Notes
A variable plant in dimensions, relative length of corolla, form of calyx-lobes, and farinose investment. Dr. Schweinfurth distinguishes two varieties (Beitr. Fl. Æthiop. 86) α. farinosa, farinose, with smaller leaves, and β. simensis, nearly or quite destitute of meal and with the leaves equalling the scape.

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