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Spermacoce prostrata

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Name

Identification
Lelya prostrata (R.D.Good) W.H.Lewis [family RUBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Lewis,W.H., Spermacoce prostrata R.D.Good [family RUBIACEAE ]
Related name
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  • Spermacoce prostrata
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  • Lelya prostrata
  • Borreria heterophylla
  • Borreria tampicana

Flora

Entry for LELYA prostrata var. prostrata [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
LELYA prostrata var. prostrata [family RUBIACEAE]
Spermacoce prostrata Good [family RUBIACEAE], in J.B. 65, Suppl. 2: 42 (1927)
Lelya osteocarpa Bremek. [family RUBIACEAE], in Verh. K. Nederl. Akad. Wet., Afd. Natuurk., ser. 2, 48(2): 181 (1952); Hepper, F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 2: 212 (1963). Type: N. Nigeria, Bauchi Plateau, Lely P96 (K, holo.!, MO, iso.)
Information
Stems and petioles densely pubescent; leaf-blades elliptic to lanceolate, pubescent beneath; corolla pubescent outside above; ovary pubescent. Fig. 39, p. 267.
Range
DISTR. T4, 7
Altitude range
1300–1830 m.
Distribution
TANZANIA Iringa District 7.2 km. NE. of John’s Corner, 22 Oct. 1962, W. H. Lewis 6067!TANZANIA Njombe District Njombe, Oct. 1931, Staples 153! & Lupembe road, Nov. 1928, Haarer 1605!
Distribution (external)
Nigeria
Zaire
Malawi
Zambia
Angola

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