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Ruelliopsis setosa

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Name

Identification
Ruelliopsis setosa (Nees) C.B.Clarke [family ACANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Calophanes setosus Nees [family ACANTHACEAE ] Verified by Clarke, C.B.,
Related name
  • Calophanes setosus
  • Ruelliopsis setosa

Flora

Entry for RUELLIOPSIS setosa C. B. Clarke [family ACANTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 5, page 1, (1912) Author: By C. B. CLARKE.
Names
RUELLIOPSIS setosa C. B. Clarke [family ACANTHACEAE], in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. v. 59
Calophanes setosus Nees [family ACANTHACEAE], in DC. Prod. xi. 112; T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 24.
Information
root woody; branches 15 in. long, trailing, hispid; leaves 2 by 1/4 in., obtuse, hispid with scattered long white hairs; calyx 2/3– 3/4 in. long; corolla 1 1/4 in. long, bright or pale blue; tube more than 3/4 in. long; capsule 1/2– 1/3 in. long, glabrate; seeds 8, silky, white. null
Range
Also in the Tropical Kalahari.
Distribution
COAST REGION Grahamstown; collector not indicated!KALAHARI REGION Transvaal; Boschveld, at Klippan, Rehmann, 5250! Vaal River, Nelson, 177! Pienaars River, 4300 ft., Schlechter, 4222! Bechuanaland; Batlapin Territory, Holub! Mafeking, Bolus, 6411!

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