ACANTHUS gaed Lindau [family ACANTHACEAE]

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by M. Hedrén (Asystasia, Barleria, Duosperma, Hypoestes, Ichthyostoma, Isoglossa, Justicia, Lepidagathis, Peristrophe, Ruellia, Ruspolia) and M. Thulin (Acanthus, Anisotes, Blepharis, Crabbea, Crossandra, Dicliptera, Dyschoriste, Ecbolium, Elytraria, Megalochlamys, Neuracanthus, Rhinacanthus, Ruttya, Satanocrater, Thunbergia) [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
ACANTHUS gaed Lindau [family ACANTHACEAE], (1894);. type: N2, Mt “Serrut” near “Meid”, Hildebrandt 1399 (K iso.). Fig. 257.
Information
Shrub, c. 1–3.6 m tall; young stems finely pubescent. Leaves oblong, 5–15 x 2–7 cm, sinuate-lobed, glabrous or almost so, the main veins prominent and excurrent as sharp spines. Bracts lanceolate, c. 18–25 mm long, with 3 parallel veins, with spinose tip and spinose-dentate margins, pubescent; bracteoles linear, shorter, with a single midvein, otherwise similar to the bracts. Calyx pubescent; upper lobe 12–18 mm long; lower lobe 15–23 mm long. Corolla pink or mauve with darker veins, c. 25 mm long, pubescent. Filaments c. 12 mm long; anthers c. 4 mm long, densely pubescent. Style c. 14 mm long, hairy at the base. Capsule c. 15 mm long, glabrous.
Range
N2 not known elsewhere.
Altitude range
1350–2060 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Collenette 359; Newbould 858; Thulin 4261.
Notes
Gah-ed, ga´id (Som.). A. gaed has sometimes been regarded as conspecific with A. arboreus Forssk., but this has larger flowers with the corolla 35–50 mm long. A. polystachius Delile in Ethiopia and Sudan is another closely related species with significantly larger flowers (corolla at least 50 mm long).
ACANTHUS gaed Lindau [family ACANTHACEAE]
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