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Anacampseros telephiastrum

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Identification
Anacampseros telephiastrum DC. [family PORTULACACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for ANACAMPSEROS Telephiastrum DC. [family ]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 2, page 381, (1894) Author: (BYW. SONDER.)
Names
ANACAMPSEROS Telephiastrum DC. [family ], l. c.;—Pl. Grass. t. 3.
Portulaca Anacampseros Linn. [family PORTULACACEAE], Spec. 639.
Talinum Anacampseros Willd. [family PORTULACACEAE], Spec. 2. 862.
Rulingia Anacampseros Ehrh. [family STERCULIACEAE], Beyt. 3. 133.
ANACAMPSEROS Telephiastrum Don [family ], Gen. Hist. 3. p. 75.
ANACAMPSEROS intermedia Don [family ], Gen. Hist. 3. p. 75.
ANACAMPSEROS rotundifolia [family ], Bot. Cab. t. 591.
Information
leaves approximate, ovate or suborbicular, obtuse, glabrous; axillary hairs filamentous, shorter than the leaves; racemes few-flowered, racemose or sub-panicled. Stem 1–2 inches long. Leaves very fleshy, roundish, ovate or cuneate, about 3–4 lines long and wide, in cultivated specimens larger. Peduncle in the wild plant 1–2 inches long, with 2 or 4 flowers; in the garden specimens often 4–6 inches long, panicled, with many and larger flowers. Sepals 4–6 lines long. Petals large, reddish.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Nieuweveldsbergen, near Beaufort, 3–5000f. Witbergen, 7–8000f. Drege! Stony hills near Gariprivier, Zey. Portul. 2. Nov.-Jan. (Herb. Vind., Sd., D.)

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