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Brillantaisia lancifolia

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Identification
Brillantaisia lancifolia Lindau [family ACANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Sidwell,K., Brillantaisia talbotii S.Moore [family ACANTHACEAE ] Verified by Sidwell,K.,
Related name
  • Brillantaisia talbotii
  • Brillantaisia unrecorded
  • Brillantaisia lancifolia

Flora

Entry for Brillantaisia lancifolia Lindau [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
Brillantaisia lancifolia Lindau [family ACANTHACEAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 98.
Information
Stem herbaceous, glabrous below. Leaves narrowly lanceolate, 3 in. long and 1/2 in. wide, glabrous on both surfaces, entire or nearly so. Inflorescence a large raceme, glandular-pubescent. Calyx-segments linear, the uppermost slightly enlarged towards the apex, fringed with glandular hairs. Corolla-tube 4 lin. long; lips 9–11 lin. long, purple, glabrous. Staminodes with a very few glandular hairs. Capsule 10 lin. long, with a few glandular hairs, and 18–24 seeds to each valve.
Distribution
Gaboon Lower Guinea Sierra del Crystal, Mann, 1688!

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