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Trianthema crystallina

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Identification
Isotype of Trianthema crystallina Sond. [family AIZOACEAE ] Verified by Jeffrey,C., Trianthema parvifola Sond. [family AIZOACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Trianthema parvifola
  • Trianthema sedifolia
  • Trianthema parvifolia
  • Trianthema triquetra
  • Trianthema corymbosa
  • Trianthema glaucifolia
  • Papularia crystallina
  • Trianthema rubens
  • Trianthema crystallina
  • Trianthema corymbosum

Flora

Entry for TRIANTHEMA crystallina Vahl. [family AIZOACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 2, page 386, (1894) Author: (BY W. SONDER.)
Names
TRIANTHEMA crystallina Vahl. [family AIZOACEAE], Symb. 1. 32.;—Wight & Arn. Prod. 1. 355.
Papularia crystallina Forsk. [family AIZOACEAE], descr. 69.
Information
perennial, cæspitose, woody at the base; stems prostrate, terete, papulose; leaves ovate or somewhat spathulate, opposite, one of them smaller than the other; flowers crowded, axillary; stamens 5; style simple. Stem from several inches to 1 foot long, filiform, with opposite branches. Leaves 4–6 lines long, 1–1 1/2 line wide; petiole 1–2 lines long, membranaceous. Glomerule of flowers many flowered, usually shorter, rarely equalling the leaf; calyx reddish, 1 line long; lobes acute, a little longer than the tube. Stamens equalling the calyx. Seeds glabrous, reticulate-punctate, exactly as in T. crystallina.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA (var. α. Arabia, East Indies); var. β. on the Garip River, Drege; near Springbokkeel, Zeyher, 633 partim; var. γ. near Verleptpram on the Garip, Drege; Namaqualand, A. Wyley, Sept. (Herb. D. Sd.)

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