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Restio ecklonii

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Identification
Restio ecklonii Mast. [family RESTIONACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet., Leptocarpus vimineus (Rottb.) Pillans [family RESTIONACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Restio ecklonii
  • Leptocarpus vimineus

Flora

Entry for RESTIO Ecklonii Mast. [family RESTIONACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 7, page 59, (1900) Author: (By M. T. MASTERS.)
Names
RESTIO Ecklonii Mast. [family RESTIONACEAE], in Journ. Linn. Soc. viii. 236;—Mast. in DC. Monog. Phan. i. 250.
Information
stems cæspitose, 1–2 ft. long, slender, terete, branched from the middle, olivaceous, tuberculate; leaf-sheaths 1/2– 3/4 in. long, closely convolute, subulate-mucronate, coriaceous; apex membranous; male spikelets 6–8 in linear erect cymes, each spikelet about 1/2 in. long, cylindric, acute; spathe oblong, aristate, half the length of the spikelet; bracts oblong, mucronate, dark brown, coriaceous; margin slightly membranous; flowers oblong-lanceolate; outer perianth-segments oblong-lanceolate; lateral conduplicate, villous-keeled; inner hyaline; anthers linear-apiculate. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Clanwilliam Div.; Ceder Bergen, Drège, 2497, ♀ (not ♂ as previously quoted)! Cape Div.; vicinity of Cape Town, Burchell, 456, ♂! Caledon Div.; between Bot River and the Zwart Berg, Ecklon and Zeyher, ♂!SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Ecklon, 85, ♂!

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