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PENTAS lanceolata (Chiov.) Verdc. var. nemorosa [family RUBIACEAE]
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (1976) Author: B. VERDCOURT
Names
PENTAS lanceolata (Chiov.) Verdc. var. nemorosa [family RUBIACEAE], in B.J.B.B. 23: 349 (1953). Type: Kenya, Aberdare Mts., Tusu, Balbo 678 (TOM, lecto.!)
PENTAS parvifolia Chiov. var. nemorosa [family RUBIACEAE], in Lav. 1st. Bot. R. Univ. Modena 6: 52 (1935)
Information
Usually erect or somewhat straggling herb up to 1.5 m. tall; stems sparsely to fairly densely hairy. Leaves ovate or frequently ovate-lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, glabrescent to hairy; petiole short to quite long. Flowers in few-many-flowered heads which usually become quite open and spicate in fruit, often quite showy; corolla-tube 1.3–2.2 cm. long; lobes 5.5–8.5 × 2.5–4 mm.
Range
DISTR. K1, 3, 4, 6; T2
Altitude range
1380–2300 m.
Distribution
KENYA Northern Frontier Province Mathews Range, Dunyos, J. Bally 28 in Bally 3628!KENYA Fort Hall District Thika, gorge near Blue Posts Hotel, 19 Feb. 1953, Drummond & Hemsley 1223!KENYA Nairobi District Nairobi-Kiambu road, 3 Dec. 1950, Verdcourt 392!TANZANIA Moshi District 8 km. S. of Moshi, by R. Njoro, 3 Nov. 1955, Milne-Redhead & Taylor 7206! & 7207!
Distribution (external)
Ethiopia
Notes
At least some specimens of this differ cytologically from other varieties of P. lanceolata, see general on p, 209.
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (1976) Author: B. VERDCOURT
Names
PENTAS lanceolata (Chiov.) Verdc. var. nemorosa [family RUBIACEAE], in B.J.B.B. 23: 349 (1953). Type: Kenya, Aberdare Mts., Tusu, Balbo 678 (TOM, lecto.!)
PENTAS parvifolia Chiov. var. nemorosa [family RUBIACEAE], in Lav. 1st. Bot. R. Univ. Modena 6: 52 (1935)
Information
Usually erect or somewhat straggling herb up to 1.5 m. tall; stems sparsely to fairly densely hairy. Leaves ovate or frequently ovate-lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, glabrescent to hairy; petiole short to quite long. Flowers in few-many-flowered heads which usually become quite open and spicate in fruit, often quite showy; corolla-tube 1.3–2.2 cm. long; lobes 5.5–8.5 × 2.5–4 mm.
Range
DISTR. K1, 3, 4, 6; T2
Altitude range
1380–2300 m.
Distribution
KENYA Northern Frontier Province Mathews Range, Dunyos, J. Bally 28 in Bally 3628!KENYA Fort Hall District Thika, gorge near Blue Posts Hotel, 19 Feb. 1953, Drummond & Hemsley 1223!KENYA Nairobi District Nairobi-Kiambu road, 3 Dec. 1950, Verdcourt 392!TANZANIA Moshi District 8 km. S. of Moshi, by R. Njoro, 3 Nov. 1955, Milne-Redhead & Taylor 7206! & 7207!
Distribution (external)
Ethiopia
Notes
At least some specimens of this differ cytologically from other varieties of P. lanceolata, see general on p, 209.
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (1976) Author: B. VERDCOURT
Names
PENTAS lanceolata (Chiov.) Verdc. var. nemorosa [family RUBIACEAE], in B.J.B.B. 23: 349 (1953). Type: Kenya, Aberdare Mts., Tusu, Balbo 678 (TOM, lecto.!)
PENTAS parvifolia Chiov. var. nemorosa [family RUBIACEAE], in Lav. 1st. Bot. R. Univ. Modena 6: 52 (1935)
Information
Usually erect or somewhat straggling herb up to 1.5 m. tall; stems sparsely to fairly densely hairy. Leaves ovate or frequently ovate-lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, glabrescent to hairy; petiole short to quite long. Flowers in few-many-flowered heads which usually become quite open and spicate in fruit, often quite showy; corolla-tube 1.3–2.2 cm. long; lobes 5.5–8.5 × 2.5–4 mm.
Range
DISTR. K1, 3, 4, 6; T2
Altitude range
1380–2300 m.
Distribution
KENYA Northern Frontier Province Mathews Range, Dunyos, J. Bally 28 in Bally 3628!KENYA Fort Hall District Thika, gorge near Blue Posts Hotel, 19 Feb. 1953, Drummond & Hemsley 1223!KENYA Nairobi District Nairobi-Kiambu road, 3 Dec. 1950, Verdcourt 392!TANZANIA Moshi District 8 km. S. of Moshi, by R. Njoro, 3 Nov. 1955, Milne-Redhead & Taylor 7206! & 7207!
Distribution (external)
Ethiopia
Notes
At least some specimens of this differ cytologically from other varieties of P. lanceolata, see general on p, 209.
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