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Tribulus pterophorus

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Isotype of Tribulus pterophorus C.Presl [family ZYGOPHYLLACEAE]
Type of Tribulus pterophorus C.Presl [family ZYGOPHYLLACEAE]
Isotype of Tribulus pterophorus C.Presl [family ZYGOPHYLLACEAE]
Isotype of Tribulus pterophorus C.Presl [family ZYGOPHYLLACEAE]
Isotype of Tribulus pterophorus C. Presl [family ZYGOPHYLLACEAE]
Isotype of Tribulus pterophorus C.Presl [family ZYGOPHYLLACEAE]
Type of Tribulus omanense H.Hosni [family ZYGOPHYLLACEAE]
Type of Tribulus omanense H.Hosni [family ZYGOPHYLLACEAE]
Isotype of Tribulus pterophorus C. Presl [family ZYGOPHYLLACEAE]
Tribulus pterophorus C.Presl [family ZYGOPHYLLACEAE]
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Name

Identification
Tribulus pterophorus C.Presl [family ZYGOPHYLLACEAE ] (stored under name); Isotype of Tribulus pterophorus C.Presl [family ZYGOPHYLLACEAE ]
Related name
  • Tribulus pterophorus
  • Tribulus omanense
  • Tribulus alatus

Flora

Entry for TRIBULUS pterophorus Presl [family ZYGOPHYLLACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 1, page 351, (1894) Author: (By W. SONDER.)
Names
TRIBULUS pterophorus Presl [family ZYGOPHYLLACEAE], Bot. Bem. p. 30
TRIBULUS alatus? Drege [family ZYGOPHYLLACEAE], ! non Del.
Information
leaflets in about 6 pairs, sub-equal, acute; peduncle in the axil of the 2–3 times shorter leaf; petals broadly cuneate, thrice as long as the calyx; style short, stigma pyramidal; carpels pubescent, two-winged at the margin, the wings very large, somewhat toothed; disc of the carpels prickly and setose. Stems flexuous, 1–2 feet long, with the branches, stipules, peduncles and calyx hirsute. Internodes uncial. Stipules lanceolate, acuminate, 2 lines long. Leaves unequal, the larger inch-long. Leaflets silky, green above. Peduncles erect, 8–12 lines long. Sepals acuminate, 4 lines long. Petals 6–7 lines long. Stamens as long as the calyx. Stigma conical-oblong, 1 line long. Ripe carpels 3 lines long, including the wings 6 lines wide; the wings rounded, transversely striate, toothed, the teeth at length more evident and mostly unequal, one 3 lines, the other 2–2 1/2 lines long.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA On the Gareep, near Verleptram, Drege! Sep. (Herb. Sond., T.C.D., Lehm.)
Notes
—Nearly related to T. alata, Del., from North Africa, but in Sieber's specimens of that species the stems and branches are not hairy, the stipules are shorter and broader, the peduncles very short, and the disc of the carpels is wider, and the wings narrower.

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