Compilation
Ruellia linearibracteolata
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Name
Identification
Ruellia linearibracteolata Lindau [family ACANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Data not digitized, 1893 Ruellia linearibracteolata Lindau [family ACANTHACEAE ] Verified by Data not digitized,
Related name
- Ruellia linearibracteolata
Flora
Entry for RUELLIA linearibracteolata Lindau [family ACANTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by M. Hedrén (Asystasia, Barleria, Duosperma, Hypoestes, Ichthyostoma, Isoglossa, Justicia, Lepidagathis, Peristrophe, Ruellia, Ruspolia) and M. Thulin (Acanthus, Anisotes, Blepharis, Crabbea, Crossandra, Dicliptera, Dyschoriste, Ecbolium, Elytraria, Megalochlamys, Neuracanthus, Rhinacanthus, Ruttya, Satanocrater, Thunbergia) [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
RUELLIA linearibracteolata Lindau [family ACANTHACEAE], (1896).
Dipteracanthus longifolius Stocks [family ACANTHACEAE], (1852);
Ruellia longifolia (Stocks) T. Anders. [family ACANTHACEAE], (1867), nom. illeg.;. [type as above]
Ruellia sindica Ghafoor & Heine [family ACANTHACEAE], (1986). [type as above]
Ruellia leucoderma Lindau [family ACANTHACEAE], (1897).
Information
Small shrub or perennial herb up to 10–45 cm tall; young stems pale green, densely pubescent with patent up to 0.7 mm long glandular and eglandular hairs; old stems pale grey. Leaf-blades linear to narrowly lanceolate or rarely narrowly ovate, up to 35–90 x 3–9 mm, with prominent pale veins, densely ciliate-pubescent with up to 1.5 mm patent white hairs and thin glandular hairs, apex acute, base attenuate; petiole indistinct. Flowers single in leaf axils, subsessile; bracteoles leaf-like, up to 17–22 x 2 mm. Calyx-lobes with pale midvein and broad hyaline margins, narrowly triangular-subulate, up to 5–12 x 1 mm, enlarged in fruit, fairly densely hairy with up to 0.8 mm long somewhat antrorse hairs especially along midvein and margin. Corolla blue or white, at least up to c. 15–28 mm long and 10–12 mm across; tube funnel-shaped, up to 10–12 mm long; lobes with free part 5–6 mm long. Anthers c. 1.5 mm long. Capsule elongate and slender, 8–16-seeded, up to 12–16 x 2–3 mm, fairly densely pubescent with c. 0.2 mm long appressed simple hairs all over.
Range
N1–3; C1, 2; S1, 2
Altitude range
40–1350 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Thulin & al. 10592; Kuchar 17047; Friis, Alstrup & Michelsen 4686.
Distribution (external)
Ethiopia
Kenya
Yemen
Pakistan
Notes
Sarin, xarum (Som.). Some material approaches R. prostrata in having relatively broad leaves.