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Buforrestia mannii C. B. Cl. [family COMMELINACEAE]
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 3, Part 1,
Names
Buforrestia mannii C. B. Cl. [family COMMELINACEAE], in DC., Monogr. Phan. 3: 233, t. 6 (1881); F.T.A. 8: 76; Brenan in Kew Bull. 14: 283, fig. 1, 1-10 (1960), partly, excluding Linder 561; Aké Assi, Contrib. 2: 222 (1964), partly, excluding Linder 561; J. K. Morton in J. Linn. Soc. 60: 169 (1967).
Information
A stout herb about 11/2-5 ft. high with acuminate leaves and lateral inflorescence-axes each emerging through a hole at the base of the leaf-sheath; flowers small, white, open from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m.; in lowland rain-forest.
Habitat
; in lowland rain-forest.
Distribution
S. Nig.: Aponmu, Akure Dist. (July) Olorunfemi FHI 34155! Akure F.R. (Mar.) Richards 5134! Owo (July, Nov.) Stanfield 45! 103! Ifon (Dec.) Stanfieid 51! Oban F.R., Calabar (Jan.) Onochie 8 Okafor FHI 36133x!W. Cam.: Barombi (fr. Dec., Mar., May) Preuss 294! Morton K822! Brenan 8 Richards 9469!F. Po: (fr. Dec.) Mann 96!
Distribution (external)
E. Cameroun
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 3, Part 1,
Names
Buforrestia mannii C. B. Cl. [family COMMELINACEAE], in DC., Monogr. Phan. 3: 233, t. 6 (1881); F.T.A. 8: 76; Brenan in Kew Bull. 14: 283, fig. 1, 1-10 (1960), partly, excluding Linder 561; Aké Assi, Contrib. 2: 222 (1964), partly, excluding Linder 561; J. K. Morton in J. Linn. Soc. 60: 169 (1967).
Information
A stout herb about 11/2-5 ft. high with acuminate leaves and lateral inflorescence-axes each emerging through a hole at the base of the leaf-sheath; flowers small, white, open from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m.; in lowland rain-forest.
Habitat
; in lowland rain-forest.
Distribution
S. Nig.: Aponmu, Akure Dist. (July) Olorunfemi FHI 34155! Akure F.R. (Mar.) Richards 5134! Owo (July, Nov.) Stanfield 45! 103! Ifon (Dec.) Stanfieid 51! Oban F.R., Calabar (Jan.) Onochie 8 Okafor FHI 36133x!W. Cam.: Barombi (fr. Dec., Mar., May) Preuss 294! Morton K822! Brenan 8 Richards 9469!F. Po: (fr. Dec.) Mann 96!
Distribution (external)
E. Cameroun
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 3, Part 1,
Names
Buforrestia mannii C. B. Cl. [family COMMELINACEAE], in DC., Monogr. Phan. 3: 233, t. 6 (1881); F.T.A. 8: 76; Brenan in Kew Bull. 14: 283, fig. 1, 1-10 (1960), partly, excluding Linder 561; Aké Assi, Contrib. 2: 222 (1964), partly, excluding Linder 561; J. K. Morton in J. Linn. Soc. 60: 169 (1967).
Information
A stout herb about 11/2-5 ft. high with acuminate leaves and lateral inflorescence-axes each emerging through a hole at the base of the leaf-sheath; flowers small, white, open from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m.; in lowland rain-forest.
Habitat
; in lowland rain-forest.
Distribution
S. Nig.: Aponmu, Akure Dist. (July) Olorunfemi FHI 34155! Akure F.R. (Mar.) Richards 5134! Owo (July, Nov.) Stanfield 45! 103! Ifon (Dec.) Stanfieid 51! Oban F.R., Calabar (Jan.) Onochie 8 Okafor FHI 36133x!W. Cam.: Barombi (fr. Dec., Mar., May) Preuss 294! Morton K822! Brenan 8 Richards 9469!F. Po: (fr. Dec.) Mann 96!
Distribution (external)
E. Cameroun
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