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Streptocarpus volkensii

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Name

Identification
Streptocarpus glandulosissimus Engl. [family GESNERIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Darbyshire,I., Streptocarpus volkensii Engl. [family GESNERIACEAE ]
Related name
  • Streptocarpus volkensii
  • Streptocarpus glandulosissimus
  • Streptocarpus caulescens
  • Streptocarpus ruwenzoriensis
  • Streptocarpus smithii

Flora

Entry for STREPTOCARPUS Volkensii Engl. [family GESNERIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol IV, Part 2, page 503, (1905) Author: (By J. G. Baker and C. B. Clarke.)
Names
STREPTOCARPUS Volkensii Engl. [family GESNERIACEAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 153. —Engl. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 363.
Streptocarpi sp Oliver [family ], in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 344.
Information
Stem 1–2 ft. long. Leaves (blade) 2–2 1/2 by 1 in., elliptic or ovate, rounded at the base, hairy on both surfaces; margin subentire; nerves 8–10 pairs; petiole 1/2–2 in. long. Peduncles 3–4 in. long, 7–13-flowered, with many gland-tipped hairs; pedicels 1/3 in. long, glandular-hairy; bracts at the divisions 1/16 in. long. Calyx 1/8 in. long; lobes oblong, subacute, gland-tipped, and with many gland-tipped hairs. Corolla 2/3– 3/4 in. long, blue; tube 2/5 in. long, subcylindric; lobes of the limb very unequal. Filaments hardly dilated, glandular near the top. Ovary hairy; style glabrous. Capsule 2 in. long.
Distribution
Nile Land Kilimanjaro, 6000 ft., Johnston, 104!German East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Kilimanjaro; Marangu, 4800 ft., Volkens, 589!

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