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Tyloglossa rostrata

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Identification
Asystasia mysorensis (Roth) T.Anderson [family ACANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Ensermu Kelbessa, Asystasia schimperi T.Anderson [family ACANTHACEAE ] Verified by Clarke, C.B., Tyloglossa schimperi Hochst. [family ACANTHACEAE ] Tyloglossa rostrata Hochst. [family ACANTHACEAE ]
Related name
  • Asystasia coleae
  • Justicia ladanoides
  • Asystasia schimperi
  • Tyloglossa schimperi
  • Adathoda rostellaria
  • Justicia calcarata
  • Justicia schimperi
  • Justicia neglecta
  • Justicia lithospermifolia
  • Asystasia guttata
  • Adhatoda rostellaria
  • Tyloglossa rostrata
  • Asystasia mysorensis

Flora

Entry for ASYSTASIA Schimperi T. Anders. [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
ASYSTASIA Schimperi T. Anders. [family ACANTHACEAE], in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 53. —Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 345 (var. minor, Oliv.).
ASYSTASIA rostrata Solms-Laub. [family ACANTHACEAE], in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 242; Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 326, and in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 370.
Adhatoda rostrata Solms-Laub. [family ACANTHACEAE], in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 104.
Tyloglossa rostrata Hochst. ex Solms-Laub. [family ACANTHACEAE], l.c. 104.
Information
Erect annual 6–8 in. high, sparsely hairy. Leaves up to 2 1/4 by 3/4 in., ovate or oblong, narrowed at both ends; petiole 0– 1/4 in. long. Spikes terminal, 1–2 in. long, rather dense; bracts up to 1/2– 2/3 by 1/5 in., narrowly elliptic; bracteoles 1/3 in long, falcate-lanceolate. Sepals 1/6– 1/5 in. long, linear, minutely pubescent, membranous. Corolla-tube 1/3 in. long, dilated upwards. Anthers minutely mucronate at the base; pollen short-ellipsoid, trigonous. Ovary hairy. Capsule 3/4 in. long 4-seeded, pubescent.
Distribution
German East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Usmawo; Kageyi on Lake Victoria Nyanza, Fischer, 494! Kilimanjaro, 4000–5000 ft., Johnston!Eritrea Nile Land Bogos, 5500 ft., Schweinfurth, 455! Keren, Steudner, 1495!Abyssinia Nile Land Tigre; Goelleb, 4000 ft., Schimper, 2220! Jelajeranne, Schimper, 1657, 1659! and without precise locality, Schimper, 140! 367! 382! 1629!British East Africa Nile Land Uganda, Scott-Elliot, 7276! Lake Elmeteita, 6000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 6636! Kamasia, Gregory!

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