- Genus:
- Crepidorhopalon Eb.Fisch.
Crepidorhopalon latibracteatus (Skan) Eb.Fisch.

[FTEA]
Scrophulariaceae, S.A. Ghazanfar, F.N. Hepper & D. Philcox. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2008
- Type
- Type: Congo-Kinshasa, Dolo, Schlechter 12440 (K!, holo.)
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual herb 18–35 cm high.
- Morphology Stem
- Stems often purple, simple or branched, quadrangular, glabrous to ± ciliate on the angles
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves distantly placed, lanceolate, 11–28 mm long, 5–11 mm wide, sessile, apex obtuse or acute, margins shallowly dentate to subentire, 3veined, ciliate on the veins and margins
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence capitate, terminal; flowers few to many, shortly pedicellate, with involucral bracts
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts
- Outer bracts 2, leafy, broadly lanceolate, up to 1 cm long, acute; inner bracts 2, broadly ovate, obtuse, toothed, cilate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx ± 6 mm long, densely to sparsely pilose, lobes ± 2 mm, triangular, acute, ciliate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla bright purple, ± 16 mm long, upper lip entire, lower lip 3-lobed with clubshaped hairs in the throat
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Capsule cylindric-ellipsoid, ± 3 mm long, 1.5 mm wide.
Native to:
Congo, Zaïre
Crepidorhopalon latibracteatus (Skan) Eb.Fisch. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Schlechter [12440], Congo, DRC | Craterostigma latibracteatum | K000405180 | isotype | Yes |
First published in Feddes Repert. 100: 444 (1989)
Accepted by
- Fischer, E. (1999). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaire-rwanda-Burundi), Scrophulariaceae: 1-217. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique.
- Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Fischer, E. (1999). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaire-rwanda-Burundi), Scrophulariaceae: 1-217. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique.
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
Flora of Tropical East Africa
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