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Thunbergia holstii

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Name

Identification
Thunbergia affinis S.Moore [family ACANTHACEAE ] Thunbergia holstii Lindau [family ACANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Vollesen,K.,
Related name
  • Thunbergia spinulosa
  • Thunbergia affinis
  • Thunbergia holstii

Flora

Entry for THUNBERGIA holstii Lindau [family ACANTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by M. Hedrén (Asystasia, Barleria, Duosperma, Hypoestes, Ichthyostoma, Isoglossa, Justicia, Lepidagathis, Peristrophe, Ruellia, Ruspolia) and M. Thulin (Acanthus, Anisotes, Blepharis, Crabbea, Crossandra, Dicliptera, Dyschoriste, Ecbolium, Elytraria, Megalochlamys, Neuracanthus, Rhinacanthus, Ruttya, Satanocrater, Thunbergia) [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
THUNBERGIA holstii Lindau [family ACANTHACEAE], (1893). Fig. 256.
THUNBERGIA spinulosa Chiov. [family ACANTHACEAE], (1932);. type: S3, “Licchitore”, Senni 543 (1932).
Information
Shrub, up to 2.5 m tall, sometimes scandent; young stems 4-angular, glabrous except some hairs at the nodes. Leaf-blades ovate to elliptic, 1.5–7 x 1–4 cm, cuneate to rounded at the base, obtuse to acuminate at the apex, with entire to undulate margin, glabrous; petiole up to 5 mm long, usually with stipule-like spines at the base. Flowers solitary in leaf-axils; pedicels 1–5 cm long; bracteoles ovate, up to 3 x 1.5 cm, glabrous. Calyx with up to c. 12 linear unequal up to 10 mm long lobes. Corolla bluish-purple with yellow throat; tube 30–50 mm long; lobes 12–20 mm long. Stamens 2 long and 2 short; anthers oblique at base, with a spiny crest prolonged upwards in a row of soft hairs. Stigma 2-lobed. Capsule 25–32 x 11–19 mm.
Range
N1; S3
Altitude range
c. 50 m in S3, 900–1650 m in N1.
Distribution
SOMALIA Bally 11677; Glover & Gilliland 1221; Wood S/72/116.
Distribution (external)
Kenya
Tanzania
Notes
Marmarod (Som.).

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