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Pseuderanthemum hildebrandtii

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Name

Identification
Pseuderanthemum hildebrandtii Lindau [family ACANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Vollesen,K.,
Related name
  • Pseuderanthemum hildebrandtii
  • Asystasia coromandeliana
  • Eranthemum hypocrateriforme

Flora

Entry for ERANTHEMUM Hildebrandtii C. B. Clarke [family ACANTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, page 1, (1900) Author: (By I. H. Burkill and C. B. Clarke.)
Names
ERANTHEMUM Hildebrandtii C. B. Clarke [family ACANTHACEAE]
ERANTHEMUM hypocrateriforme Rendle [family ACANTHACEAE], in Journ. Bot. 1896, 398.
Pseuderanthemum Hildebrandtii Lindau [family ACANTHACEAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 39, and in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 330, and in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. 371.
Information
A shrub 3–6 ft. high, nearly glabrous. Branches terete or quadrangular. Leaves up to 4 1/2 by 1 3/4 in., ovate or elliptic; cystoliths many slender on the surfaces; petiole 0–1 in. long (leaf base often long decurrent on a quasi-winged petiole). Panicles linear, 1–3 in. long, often terminal on lateral branches, running into a large compound inflorescence; rhachis glabrous, shining brown; otherwise as E. hypocrateriforme .
Distribution
Zanzibar Mozamb. Dist. Kirk! Hildebrandt, 981!German East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Usambara; Duga, Holst, 3159! Mascheua, Holst, 8800! Tanga, Holst, 2110! Magila, Kirk! between Magila and the River Sigi, Volkens, 64! Usaramo, Stuhlmann, 8988!Somaliland Nile Land Sheikh Husein, Donaldson Smith!British East Africa Nile Land Rabai Hills near Mombasa, Hildebrandt, 2308! Nyika country near Mombasa, Wakefield!
Notes
Hildebrandt, 981, has terete branches. The present species is separated from E. hypocrateriforme by the shining-brown glabrous rhachis, and the leaves not reticulately veined beneath.

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