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Thesium triflorum

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Name

Identification
Osyridicarpos linearifolius Engl. [family SANTALACEAE ] Verified by Polhill, R.M., Thesium triflorum L.f. [family SANTALACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Thesium triflorum
  • Thesium squarrosum
  • Thesium corymbuligerum
  • Osyridicarpos schimperianus
  • Osyridicarpos linearifolius
  • Thesium scandens
  • Thesium polyanthum
  • Osyris angustifolia
  • Thesium linearifolius

Flora

Entry for THESIUM triflorum Thunb. ex Linn. f. [family SANTALACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 5, Part 2, page 135, (1925) Author: (By A. W. HILL.)
Names
THESIUM triflorum Thunb. ex Linn. f. [family SANTALACEAE], Suppl. 162;—Thunb. Prodr. 46; Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 211; A.DC. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 661, partly; Sond. in Flora, 1857, 354, partly.
THESIUM planifolium A.DC. [family SANTALACEAE], Esp. Nouv. Thes. 5; Sond. in Flora, 1857, 405.
Osyris angustifolia Baker [family SANTALACEAE], in Kew Bulletin, 1910, 238.
Information
stems much-branched, terete below, upper angular and sulcate, glabrous; leaves linear or linear-lanceolate, subacute, 1/2–2 in. long, up to 1 1/2 lin. broad, flat, 1–3-nerved, or subacicular, somewhat fleshy, glabrous; inflorescence 1- to several-flowered, cymose; bracts leafy, often sickle-shaped and somewhat reflexed; peduncle mostly shorter than the bracts; bracteoles 2, minute; flowers subsessile; perianth 1 2/3 lin. long; segments triangular, about 1 lin. long, flat, hooded, glabrous; anthers exserted, 1/4 lin. long; filaments 2/3 lin. long; disc prominent, lobed; style 2/3 lin. long; fruit ovoid-globose, capped by the persistent perianth, 2 lin. long, 1 1/2 lin. in diam., coarsely reticulate. null
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Albert Div.; without precise locality, Cooper, 1762! Murraysburg Div.; near Murraysburg, 4000 ft., Tyson, 82! Richmond Div.; Uitvlugt, near Stylkloof, 4000–5000 ft., Drège, 8180! Graaff Reinet Div.; Sneeuwberg Range, 3700 ft., and Karroo near Graaff Reinet, Bolus, 2011! Camdeboo, Dunn! Philipstown Div.; near Rietfontein, at Waschbanks River, Burchell, 2719, 2736!COAST REGION Humansdorp Div.; Gamtoos River, 330 ft., Schlechter, 6055! Uitenhage Div.; near the Zwartkops River, Zeyher, 50! 3794! Ecklon & Zeyher, 33! Redhouse, Mrs. Paterson, 400! Albany Div.; Fish River Heights, Hutton! Fort Beaufort Div.; between the Koonap and Kat Rivers, Ecklon & Zeyher, 32! British Kaffraria, Cooper, 66!EASTERN REGION Natal; Mooi River, Wood, 4432! Portuguese East Africa; Inhambane, Scott!KALAHARI REGION Transvaal; Shilovane, Junod, 523!

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