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Reseda abyssinica

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Identification
Caylusea abyssinica (Fresen.) Fischer & Meyer 1840 [family RESEDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet, Reseda abyssinica Fresen. 1837 [family RESEDACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Caylusea abyssinica
  • Caylusea
  • Reseda abyssinica
  • Reseda pruinosa

Flora

Entry for CAYLUSEA abyssinica Fisch. et Mey. [family RESEDACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 1, page 102, (1868) Author: (by Prof. Oliver).
Names
CAYLUSEA abyssinica Fisch. et Mey. [family RESEDACEAE], Ind. Sem. vii. (1840) 43.
Reseda abyssinica Fresen. [family RESEDACEAE], in Mus. Senck. ii. 106.
Reseda pedunculata Br. [family RESEDACEAE], in Salt, Abyss. App. 64.
Astrocarpus abyssinicus Hochst. [family RESEDACEAE], in Pl. Schimp. Abyss.
Information
An erect, simple or branched herb, of 1–3 ft., glabrous or the branches thinly scabrid towards the elongate, many-flowered, terminal, spike-like racemes. Leaves entire or 3-partite, linear-lanceolate or linear, narrowed to the base and above to the acute or scarcely obtuse apex. Racemes from a few inches to a foot or more in length. Bracts linear-subulate, equalling the pedicel, deciduous. Seeds pale, obsoletely rugulose.
Distribution
Abyssinia Nile Land Schimper! Salt! Ferret and Galinier, etc.
Notes
Of the minute membranous petals, 2 have the lamina 5-fid and in 3 it is simple. The obcordate claw appears thinner and more membranous than in C. canescens, of which, however, I incline to regard C. abyssinica as a variety. For synonymy, see Webb, Spicilegia Gorgonea, 101.

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