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Rapuntium breynii

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Type of Rapuntium breynii C.Presl [family CAMPANULACEAE]
Filed as Lobelia decipiens Sond. [family CAMPANULACEAE]
Monopsis decipiens (Sond.) Thulin [family CAMPANULACEAE]
Syntype of Monopsis decipiens (Sond.) Thulin [family CAMPANULACEAE]
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Identification
Rapuntium breynii C.Presl [family CAMPANULACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet., Monopsis decipiens (Sond.) Thulin [family CAMPANULACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Lobelia decipiens
  • Rapuntium breynii
  • Monopsis decipiens

Flora

Entry for LOBELIA decipiens Sond. [family CAMPANULACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 3, page 530, (1894) Author: (By W. SONDER).
Names
LOBELIA decipiens Sond. [family CAMPANULACEAE]
Rapuntium Breynii Presl [family ], ! Prod. Lob. p. 19, excl. synon.
Information
pubescent-scabrous; stem simple or somewhat branched, subangulate; leaves sessile, linear, acute, entire or 1-2-dentate, with revolute margins; pedicels few or solitary, terminal, calyx scabrous, tube hemispherical, shorter than the linear lobes; corolla pubescent, 4-times longer than the calyx; lobes elliptical or oval, apiculate; capsule hemispherical. Habit of Dobrowsk. scabra; 3 inches to 1 foot high, very slender, few-branched. Leaves alternate or sub-opposite, 3–4 lines long, 1/2 line wide, rarely broader and smaller, and only in the lower part of stem. Calyx-tube 1 line, lobes 1 1/2–2 lines long. Corolla blue, yellow in the throat; the lobes of the upper lip oval, twice smaller than those of the lower lip. Capsule as large as a small pea, scabrous.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Katriviersberg, Ceded Territory, E. & Z. Drege; Port Natal, Gueinzius n. 135. J. Sanderson; Magalisberg, Burke & Zey. n. 1072.

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