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Ranunculus tembensis

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Identification
Ranunculus stenocarpus Steud. ex A.Rich. [family RANUNCULACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Ranunculus tembensis Fresen. [family RANUNCULACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Ranunculus dertropodius
  • Ranunculus tembensis
  • Ranunculus stenocarpus
  • Callianthemum dertropodium

Flora

Entry for RANUNCULUS tembensis Fresen. [family RANUNCULACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 1, page 4, (1868) Author: (by Prof. Oliver).
Names
RANUNCULUS tembensis Fresen. [family RANUNCULACEAE], in Mus. Senck. ii. 271.
RANUNCULUS dertropodius Steud. [family RANUNCULACEAE], Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 5.
? RANUNCULUS stenocarpus Steud. [family ], (Rich. l. c. 6).
Information
Low plant with a tufted rootstock, giving off numerous strong fibres below, more or less pilose, with loose spreading hairs. Lobes of the leaves scarcely acute, loosely pilose. Petals rather narrow, oblanceolate, numerous. Carpels more or less compressed, smooth, glabrous, with a flattened, triangular-subulate, acute, scarcely hooked beak.
Distribution
Abyssinia Nile Land Schimper!
Notes
I have not seen Fresenius's specimens, but his description is sufficiently detailed to enable me to identify at least one of the synonyms quoted satisfactorily.

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