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Afrofittonia silvestris Lindau [family ACANTHACEAE]
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
Afrofittonia silvestris Lindau [family ACANTHACEAE], l.c. 407, fig. 2 (1913); F.W.T.A., ed. 1, 2: 608.
Talbotia radicans S. Moore [family ], l.c(1913); F.W.T.A., ed1, 2: 257.
Information
A procumbent herb trailing onmoist ground on the forest floor; flowers whitish with mauve markings.
Habitat
moist ground on the forest floor
Distribution
S. Nig.: Oban Talbot 971! Calabar to Mamfe (Jan., Nov.) Onochie FHI 36025! Baldwin 13761! Cross B. North F.R. (Dec.) Keay FHI 28149!F. Po: Monte Balea (Dec.) Guinea 362! Bokoko (Oct.) Mildbr. 6830.
Distribution (external)
Cameroun
Notes
The related Fittonia argyroneura Coem., a native of tropical America, is cultivated as an ornamental, e.g. in Ghana (Legon (Nov.) Morton A2819!) and in S. Nigeria (Ibadan (Oct.) Keay FHI 37677!)
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
Afrofittonia silvestris Lindau [family ACANTHACEAE], l.c. 407, fig. 2 (1913); F.W.T.A., ed. 1, 2: 608.
Talbotia radicans S. Moore [family ], l.c(1913); F.W.T.A., ed1, 2: 257.
Information
A procumbent herb trailing onmoist ground on the forest floor; flowers whitish with mauve markings.
Habitat
moist ground on the forest floor
Distribution
S. Nig.: Oban Talbot 971! Calabar to Mamfe (Jan., Nov.) Onochie FHI 36025! Baldwin 13761! Cross B. North F.R. (Dec.) Keay FHI 28149!F. Po: Monte Balea (Dec.) Guinea 362! Bokoko (Oct.) Mildbr. 6830.
Distribution (external)
Cameroun
Notes
The related Fittonia argyroneura Coem., a native of tropical America, is cultivated as an ornamental, e.g. in Ghana (Legon (Nov.) Morton A2819!) and in S. Nigeria (Ibadan (Oct.) Keay FHI 37677!)
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
Afrofittonia silvestris Lindau [family ACANTHACEAE], l.c. 407, fig. 2 (1913); F.W.T.A., ed. 1, 2: 608.
Talbotia radicans S. Moore [family ], l.c(1913); F.W.T.A., ed1, 2: 257.
Information
A procumbent herb trailing onmoist ground on the forest floor; flowers whitish with mauve markings.
Habitat
moist ground on the forest floor
Distribution
S. Nig.: Oban Talbot 971! Calabar to Mamfe (Jan., Nov.) Onochie FHI 36025! Baldwin 13761! Cross B. North F.R. (Dec.) Keay FHI 28149!F. Po: Monte Balea (Dec.) Guinea 362! Bokoko (Oct.) Mildbr. 6830.
Distribution (external)
Cameroun
Notes
The related Fittonia argyroneura Coem., a native of tropical America, is cultivated as an ornamental, e.g. in Ghana (Legon (Nov.) Morton A2819!) and in S. Nigeria (Ibadan (Oct.) Keay FHI 37677!)
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