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Wormskioldia abyssinica

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Identification
Isotype of Wormskioldia abyssinica A.Rich. [family TURNERACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Isotype of Streptopetalum serratum Hochst. [family TURNERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Streptopetalum serratum
  • Wormskioldia abyssinica

Flora

Entry for WORMSKIOLDIA serrata Hochstetter [family TURNERACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 2, page 501, (1871) Author: (By Mr. J. G. Baker.)
Names
WORMSKIOLDIA serrata Hochstetter [family TURNERACEAE], in Flora, xxiv. 1841; ii. 666.
WORMSKIOLDIA abyssinica Rich. [family TURNERACEAE], Fl. Abyss. i. 299;
Streptopetalum serratum Hochst. [family TURNERACEAE], Flora, 1841; ii. 666.
Information
A branching herb, less than a foot in height, more or less covered with white spreading hairs. Leaves membranous, 2–3 in. long, subsessile, lanceolate, serrate, serratures glandular, rarely pinnatifid. Flowers 3–4, disposed in axillary 1-sided racemose cymes. Common peduncle hispid, shorter than the leaves, rarely bearing a solitary flower. Flower-tube very slender, 1/2-inch long, 4–5-toothed. Petals obovate, exceeding the sepals, sulphur-coloured or brownish yellow. Pods 1/2-in. long, oblong, acute, scarcely beaked, 3-valved; valves hispid. Seeds oblong, curved, yellowish, pitted.
Distribution
Abyssinia Nile Land Schimper!
Notes
Readily distinguished by its comparatively short pods.

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