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Spermacoce hispida

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Name

Identification
Spermacoce hispida L. [family RUBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Henry Trimen, Borreria articularis (L.) Shivarajan & Manilal [family RUBIACEAE ]
Related name
  • Spermacoce hirta
  • Borreria articularis
  • Spermacoce articularis
  • Borreria hispida
  • Mitracarpus hirtus
  • Borreria rotundifolia
  • Spermacoce villosa
  • Spermacoce hispida

Flora

Entry for DIODIA aulacosperma Verdc. var. angustata [family RUBIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (1976) Author: B. VERDCOURT
Names
DIODIA aulacosperma Verdc. var. angustata [family RUBIACEAE], in K.B. 30: 300 (1975). Type: Tanzania, Tanga District, Sawa, Faulkner 1666 (K, holo.!, EA, iso.)
Spermacoce hispida [family RUBIACEAE], [sensu Balf. f. in Trans. Roy. Soc. Edin. 31: 119 (1888), non L.]
Information
Leaf-blades less succulent, ovate to elliptic, markedly contracted to the base; blade up to 4.5 × 2.2 cm. and petiole up to 7 mm. long; lateral nerves much more obvious. Stems usually less hairy and corolla mostly smaller, the tube 3–4 mm. long.
Range
DISTR. K7; T3
Altitude range
0–5 m.
Distribution
KENYA Mombasa District Likoni, 30 May 1934, Napier 3321 in C.M. 6276!KENYA Tana River District S. of Garsen, Karawa, June 1959, Rawlins 779!KENYA Lamu District 88 km. NE. of Lamu, Kiunga Point, 23 July 1961, Gillespie 28!TANZANIA Tanga District Sawa, 29 July 1967, Faulkner 3984! & 12.8 km. S. of Moa, Bomandani, 5 Aug. 1953, Drummond & Hemsley 3652!TANZANIA Pangani, 14 Sept. 1950, Faulkner 713!
Distribution (external)
Socotra

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