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Tragia cannabina

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Filed as Tragia plukenetii Radcl.-Sm. [family EUPHORBIACEAE]
Isotype of Tragia cannabina L. f. [family EUPHORBIACEAE]
Filed as Tragia involucrata L. [family EUPHORBIACEAE]
Isotype of Tragia hildebrandtii Müll.Arg. [family EUPHORBIACEAE]
Isotype of Tragia cannabina L. f. [family EUPHORBIACEAE]
Holotype of Tragia mazoensis Radcl.-Sm. [family EUPHORBIACEAE]
Type? of Tragia cannabina L. f. [family EUPHORBIACEAE]
Type? of Tragia trifida Wall. [family EUPHORBIACEAE]
Isotype of Tragia cannabina L. f. [family EUPHORBIACEAE]
Isotype of Tragia involucrata L. var. intermedia Müll. Arg. [family EUPHORBIACEAE]
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Name

Identification
Isotype of Tragia involucrata L. [family EUPHORBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by 100859, 1866 Tragia plukenetii Radcl.-Sm. [family EUPHORBIACEAE ] Verified by W. T. Kittredge, 2009 Tragia cannabina L. f. [family EUPHORBIACEAE ] Verified by I. M. Johnston, 1923 Tragia involucrata L. [family EUPHORBIACEAE ] Verified by Not on Sheet, Tragia cannabina L. f. [family EUPHORBIACEAE ] Verified by Not on Sheet,
Related name
  • Tragia mazoensis
  • Tragia cannabina
  • Tragia involucrata
  • Tragia plukenetii
  • Tragia hildebrandtii

Flora

Entry for TRAGIA plukenetii A. R.-Sm. [family EUPHORBIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by S. Carter (Euphorbia, Monadenium), M. G. Gilbert (Acalypha, Andrachne, Antidesma, Bridelia, Caperonia, Cephalocroton, Chrozophora, Clutia, Dalechampia, Flueggea, Givotia, Manihot, Meineckia, Micrococca, Oldfieldia, Phyllanthus, Ricinus, Suregada, Tragia), and M. Thulin (Croton, Drypetes, Erythrococca, Excoecaria, Jatropha, Spirostachys and Thecacoris) [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
TRAGIA plukenetii A. R.-Sm. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], (1983);
TRAGIA cannabina L. f. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], (1782), nom. illeg. [type as above]
Information
Erect, suberect or prostrate herb, sometimes annual, up to 90 cm long, rarely more and lianescent; indumentum sparse, mostly of painful stinging hairs. Petiole (2–)5–20(–35) mm long; leaf-blades often 3-lobed, middle lobe linear to oblong-lanceolate, 3–11 x 0.3–2 cm, lateral lobes much shorter, base cuneate or rounded, tips acute or obtuse, coarsely serrate, teeth triangular, rarely rounded. Racemes leaf-opposed, (4–)6–8(–11) cm long including 2–7 cm peduncle; bracts 1-flowered. Female flowers: sepals elliptic-ovate in outline, 2–3 mm long accrescent to 8 mm with (3–)5–6 lobes each side; styles to 2 mm long, joined halfway. Capsule 4–5 x 7–8 mm, smooth, appressed setose. Seeds 2.5–3 mm diam., orange to reddish-brown mottled buff or grey, mottling sometimes ± covering seed.
Range
S1–3 Ethiopia west to Nigeria,
Altitude range
20–450 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Friis & al. 4643; Gillett & Hemming 24098; Thulin & Bashir Mohamed 6836.
Distribution (external)
Eritrea
Kenya
Uganda
Tanzania
India
Sri Lanka
Notes
Canaaniye (Som.).

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