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Pycnostachys schweinfurthii

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Name

Identification
Pycnostachys togoensis Perkins [family LABIATAE ] Pycnostachys schweinfurthii Briq. [family LABIATAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Pycnostachys schweinfurthii
  • Pycnostachys reticulata
  • Pycnostachys stuhlmannii
  • Pycnostachys togoensis
  • Pycnostachys remotifolia
  • Pycnostachys chevalieri

Flora

Entry for PYCNOSTACHYS Schweinfurthii Briquet [family LABIATAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 5, page 332, (1900) Author: (by J. G. Baker)
Names
PYCNOSTACHYS Schweinfurthii Briquet [family LABIATAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 191.
Information
An erect branched perennial, with pale square stems 2 ft. long, pubescent towards the top. Leaves distant, linear, spreading, sessile or subsessile, serrate, obscurely pubescent beneath, the largest 3–4 in. long, 1/4 in. broad at the middle. Spikes very dense, finally 1 1/2–2 in. long, 3/4–1 in. diam. exclusive of the corollas. Fruit-calyx 1/4– 1/3 in. long; teeth subulate, twice as long as the campanulate tube. Corolla pale blue, glabrous outside; lower lip 1/4 in. long.
Distribution
British East Africa Nile Land Bongo; Dukuttu (Duggudu), Schweinfurth, 2770!Togoland Upper Guinea Krakye, Krause!

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