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Triumfetta angulata

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Identification
Triumfetta angulata Lam. [family TILIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Data not digitized, null Verified by Data not digitized,
Related name
  • Triumfetta pentandra
  • Triumfetta pseudocana
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  • Triumfetta angulata
  • Triumfetta rhomboidea
  • Triumfetta conspicua
  • Triumfetta glabra

Flora

Entry for TRIUMFETTA rhomboidea Jacq. [family TILIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 1, page 223, (1894) Author: (By W. H. HARVEY).
Names
TRIUMFETTA rhomboidea Jacq. [family TILIACEAE], Am. p. 147. t. 90;—DC. Prod. 1. 507.
TRIUMFETTA glandulosa Lam.? [family TILIACEAE]
TRIUMFETTA velutina Vahl? [family TILIACEAE]
TRIUMFETTA riparia Hochst. [family TILIACEAE], Pl. Kr. No. 56.
TRIUMFETTA diversifolia E. Mey. [family TILIACEAE], !
TRIUMFETTA angulata E. Mey. [family TILIACEAE], !
Information
herbaceous, tall, diffusely much branched, stellulato-pubescent; lower leaves 3–5-lobed, upper rhomboid, acuminate, cuneate at base, the uppermost small and lanceolate, all minutely pubescent on both sides, unequally serrulate, 5-nerved; peduncles clustered, axillary, 3-flowered, very short; sepals hispid, mucronulate; stamens 10–15, glabrous; capsules albo-tomentose, their prickles glabrous above, hooked, and ending in a white point. Stem 3–4 feet high, panicled, variable in pubescence and foliage.
Range
This plant is probably originally West Indian, but is now spread over most tropical countries.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA About Port Natal, Mr. Hewetson, Krauss, Drege, Sutherland. (Herb. T.C.D., Hook., Sond.)
Notes
Probably many of the reputed local species ought to be reduced to it.

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