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Zygomenes polyrrhiza

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Identification
Zygomenes polyrrhiza Hochst. ex Hassk. [family Commelinaceae ] Verified by Not on sheet, Cyanotis polyrrhiza (Hochst. ex Hassk.) Hassk. [family COMMELINACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
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Flora

Entry for CYANOTIS polyrrhiza Hassk. [family COMMELINACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 8, page 25, (1902) Author: (By C. B. Clarke.)
Names
CYANOTIS polyrrhiza Hassk. [family COMMELINACEAE], Commel. Ind. 150. —Hassk. in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 295; C. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phan. iii. 255; Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 435.
Zygomenes polyrrhiza Hassk. [family ], in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 214.
Information
Moderately villous, becoming glabrate. Roots many, thick, long; on the crown of the roots (or shortened sterile stem) is the central tuft of leaves; these leaves 2 by 1/3 in., lanceolate. Lateral flowering stems 4–5, 3–5 in. long, frequently divided, with 3–5 heads of flowers, and smaller leaves; outermost bracts to the terminal heads 1/2 in. long, ovate; bracts of the cymes obscurely (or not conspicuously) 2-ranked.
Distribution
Abyssinia Nile Land Samen; Acallo-Meda, 10,500 ft., Schimper, 504!

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