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Borreria radiata DC. [family RUBIACEAE]

Date Updated: 5 February 2007

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 2,
Names
Borreria radiata DC. [family RUBIACEAE], Prod. 4: 542 (1830); F.W. Andr. Fl. Pl. A.-E. Sud. 2: 427; Berhaut Fl. Sén. 79. Spermacoce radiata (DC.) Sieber ex Hiern [family RUBIACEAE], in F.T.A3: 237 (1877); ChevBot349
Information
An erect hispid herb half-woody below, stems often reddish-purple, about 1 ft. high; flowers very small, white or mauve, with leaves radiating from the congested terminal heads; in savanna.
Habitat
; in savanna
Range
Extends east to the Sudan and Uganda.
Distribution
Sen. Heudelot 416! Sieber 8! Berhaut 435.Gam. Hayes 572! Saunders 89!Mali Timbuktu Chev. 1307! Koulikoro Chev. 2117! Ségou Chev. 2811!Ghana Dutukpene (Dec.) Adams 4651! Sandema (Sept.) Hughes FH 5342!Togo Rep. Basari Kersting A668!N. Nig. Nupe Barter 989! Bida to Zungeru (Oct.) Hepper 8 Keay 954! Katagum Dalz. 166! Sokoto Moiser 83! Naraguta (Sept.) Lely 567!S. Nig. Olokemeji to Iseyin (Nov.) Hambler 78! Awba Hills F.R., Ibadan (Oct.) Jones FHI 7066! Eruwa to Lanlate (Oct.) Keay 8 Savory FHI 25294![Br.] Cam. Gurum, Adamawa Hepper 1290!
Borreria radiata DC. [family RUBIACEAE]
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