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Thunbergia affinis

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Name

Identification
Thunbergia affinis S.Moore [family ACANTHACEAE ]
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Entry for THUNBERGIA affinis S. Moore Var. pulvinata [family ACANTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, page 1, (1900) Author: (By I. H. Burkill and C. B. Clarke.)
Names
THUNBERGIA affinis S. Moore Var. pulvinata [family ACANTHACEAE], in Journ. Bot. 1880, 6. —Bot. Mag. t. 6975; Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, ii. 345.
THUNBERGIA Holstii Lindau [family ACANTHACEAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 95.
Information
Leaves firmer, and usually smaller and mucronate; nerves more prominent. Bracteoles usually shorter, often hairy on the margin, and beset with small white scales. As the stem becomes woody very hairy and large buds develop in the axils of the leaves. Fruit glabrous, 1 in. long. Seeds very slightly reticulated.
Distribution
German East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Usambara; Umba Valley, Smith! Duga, in scrub, Holst, 3203! Kumusha Valley, Holst, 543 (ex Lindau).Somaliland Nile Land Adda Galla, James & Thrupp! Golis Range, at Darra Surry, Miss Cole! Mrs. Lort-Phillips!British East Africa Nile Land Mbuyuni, Scott-Elliot, 6182! Ukamba; Kitui, Hildebrandt, 2749! Mount Maungu, 2000 ft., Johnston! Ribe to Galla country, Wakefield! Kinani, Gregory!

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