- Family:
- Acanthaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Blepharis Juss.
Blepharis glinus Fiori
[FSOM]
M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Type
- S3, “Ras Deg-Deg” near “Torda”, Paoli 291 (FT holo.)
- Morphology General Habit
- Prostrate shrubby herb; stems to 30 cm long, ± densely pubescent
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves ± broadly ovate-elliptic, up to 2.5–7.5 x 1.3–3.5 cm, pubescent on both sides, margin entire or with ± numerous small teeth
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Spikes 2–5 cm long, 4–16-flowered; peduncle 3–5 mm long; fertile bracts green, densely sericeous-puberulous and with longer hairs on veins and margins, elliptic to broadly obovate, 15–22 x 7–10 mm, with a recurved triangular spinose 3–5 mm long tip, and with 3–5 spines up to 2–4 mm long on each side; bracteoles 7–10 x 0.5–1 mm
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx densely pubescent, the upper lobe broadly ovate-elliptic, 13–15 mm long, 5-veined from the base, 3-toothed at the apex, the lower lobe 9–10 mm long, without or with 2 minute teeth at the apex
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla blue, 18–22 mm long; tube 4–5 mm long; limb 10–13 mm wide.
- Distribution
- C1; S2, 3 not known elsewhere.
- Ecology
- Altitude range 0–10 m.
Native to:
Somalia
Blepharis glinus Fiori appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Bull. Soc. Bot. Ital. 1915: 53 (1915)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
- Thulin, M. (ed.) (2006). Flora of Somalia 3: 1-626. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Literature
Flora of Somalia
- Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
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Flora of Somalia
Flora of Somalia
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Kew Backbone Distributions
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
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© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0