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Stachytarpheta cayennensis

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Name

Identification
Stachytarpheta cayennensis (Rich.) Vahl [family VERBENACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Nom. rev. S. A. James, 2012
Related name
  • Stachytarpheta australis
  • Verbena castrata
  • Stachytarpheta not on sheet
  • Stachytarpheta maximiliani
  • Stachytarpheta guatemalensis
  • Stachytarpheta dichotoma
  • Stachytarpheta polyura
  • Stachytarpheta cayennensis
  • Verbena dichotoma
Common name
  • tsárkíyár kúúsùù (ZOG) wútsíyàr-káásáá (ZOG) wútsíyàr-kándangare (ZOG) (NIGERIA, HAUSA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • àgógó ìgún (JMD) àgógó ìgún (Verger) àgógó ogun (RJN) akitipa (Dawodu) ìru ala-ngba (Dunnett) ìru eku (Verger) ọ̀gangan = straight (Verger) pasa ló (NIGERIA, YORUBA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • rat tail verveine., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • petite verveine-queue-de-rat; petit queue-de-rat., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5

Flora

Entry for Stachytarpheta cayennensis (L. C. Rich.) Schau. [family VERBENACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 2,
Names
Stachytarpheta cayennensis (L. C. Rich.) Schau. [family VERBENACEAE], in DC. Prod. 11: 562 (1847) (as Stachytarpha); Danser in Ann. Jard. Bot. Bultenz. 40: 2 (1929), Brenan in Kew Bull. 5: 223 (for other refs. and synonymy).
Verbena cayennensis L. C. Rich. [family VERBENACEAE], (1792)
Stachytarpheta indica [family VERBENACEAE], of F.T.A5: 284, partly (Sc. Elliot 4162), not of (Linn.) Vahl
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis [family VERBENACEAE], of F.W.T.A., ed1, 2: 277, partly (Sc. Elliot 4162, Dawodu 364, Dennett 502), not of (Linn.) Vahl.
Information
A slender-branched undershrub 3-6 ft. high, with narrow spreading spikes; flowers white or pale blue with white centre;roadsides and waste places.
Habitat
roadsides and waste places
Range
A native of tropical America now widely introduced into other parts of the tropics.
Distribution
S. L.: Sc. Elliot 4162! Freetown (June) Deighton 2716! Leicester (Mar.) Hepper 2484! Regent (Oct.) Jordan 947! Kenema (Apr.) Deighton 4291! Dambye, Nongowa (Feb.) Bakshi 21!Lib.: Monrovia (June) Barker 1341!Ghana: Benso, Tarkwa Dist. (June) Andoh FHI 5526!S. Nig.: Lagos (June) Dennett 502! Dawodu 364! Idanre, Ondo Prov. (Jan.) Brenan 8709! Ibadan Meikle 516! Olokemejl F.R. (Aug.) Keay FHI 37152! Eket Dist. Talbot!

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