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Bupleurum falcatum

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Identification
Isotype of Bupleurum falcatum H.Wolff [family APIACEAE ] Verified by Michael Georgievich Pimenov, Bupleurum scorzonerifolium Willd. [family APIACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Bupleurum scorzonerifolium
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  • Bupleurum subacaule
  • Bupleurum schimperianum
  • Bupleurum longicaule
  • Bupleurum schimperi
  • Bupleurum aitchisonii
  • Bupleurum aeneum
  • Bupleurum marginatum
  • Bupleurum dalhousianum
  • Bupleurum irregulare
  • Bupleurum nigrocarpa
  • Bupleurum antiochium
  • Bupleurum leveillei
  • Bupleurum linearifolium
  • Bupleurum virgatum

Flora

Entry for BUPLEURUM Mundtii Cham. & Schlecht. [family UMBELLIFERAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 2, page 524, (1894) Author: (BY W. SONDER.)
Names
BUPLEURUM Mundtii Cham. & Schlecht. [family UMBELLIFERAE], ! in Linnæa I. 384;—E. & Z.! 2201. Zeyh. 2676.
BUPLEURUM Baldense E. Mey. [family UMBELLIFERAE], in Herb. Drege, non Host.
Sium filifolium β [family UMBELLIFERAE], Thunb.! herb.
BUPLEURUM falcatum Africanus β [family UMBELLIFERAE], Berg. Cap. 76.
Information
perennial, glabrous, much branched; leaves linear-subulate, nerved; radical ones tapering into the petioles; umbels 5–8-rayed; involucels of 5 narrow lanceolate leaves, which are equal in length to the umbellules; fruit oblong, smooth. Stem 1–2 feet high, flexuous, striate. Leaves much aggregated at the base, 6–8 inches long, 1–2 lines broad, or in other specimens subsetaceous; cauline ones not attenuated at the base, gradually smaller. Flowers yellow. Involucre of 3, rarely 5 unequal, lanceolate leaves. Rays 1–1 1/2 inch long. Umbellules 8–10-flowered. Fruit nearly 2 lines long, 1 line broad. Mericarps with very prominent, paler ridges. Furrows with several vittæ. Stylopodium depressed; styles recurved. B. Mundtii, as described by Cham. & Schlechtendal, is a depauperate state, with 2 or 3 rays in the umbels.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Mountains near Fort Beaufort, Katriviersberge, Zuureberge, Uitvlugt, and on downs near Zwartkops, and Koegariver, and Port Natal. Jan.-Feb. (Herb. Thunb. reg. Berol. Hk. D. Sd.)

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