Barleria lanceolata lanceolata
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Habit
03 May 2008
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Bracts
18 Mar 2007
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Spines
18 Mar 2007
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Flower
18 Mar 2007
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Flower 2
19 Mar 2007
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Flower 3
21 Mar 2008
| Family: | Acanthaceae |
| Full name: | Barleria lanceolata (Schinz) Oberm. subsp. lanceolata |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | - |
| English common name(s): | Spiny lance-leaved barleria |
| Synonym(s): | Barleria acanthoides f. lanceolata Schinz Barleria lanceolata (Schinz) Oberm. =Barleria acanthoides auct. |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: | Stems erect, straggling or trailing, usually over 15 cm long; white hairs on stems clearly retrorse, often confined to or most numerous in two opposite lines or bands, similar hairs present on young leaves and bracteoles but not dense; young stems, bracteoles and/or calyces often with sparse to numerous minute patent glandular hairs. Leaves oblanceolate or spathulate to narrowly oblong-elliptic, l:w ratio (3 –) 3.5 – 7:1, often bright green. Bracteoles shorter than calyx. Outer calyx lobes rather abruptly narrowed at the base, usually rounded or subcordate, l:w ratio of anterior lobe (1.05 –) 1.3 – 1.6:1, posterior lobe (1.15 –) 1.3 – 1.65:1, palmate-reticulate venation usually conspicuous, often red or red-brown and darker than the surface. Anthers 2 – 2.6 (–2.9) mm long. Capsule 10.5 – 12 mm long. (from ) Leaves oblanceolate or spathulate to narrowly oblong-elliptic, l:w ratio (3 –) 3.5 – 7: 1; outer calyx lobes ± abruptly narrowed at base, usually rounded or subcordate, l:w ratio of anterior lobe (1.05 –) 1.3 – 1.6: 1; young stems, bracteoles and/or calyces often with sparse to numerousminute patent glandular hairs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a. subsp. lanceolata |
| Link(s) |
African Plant Database
JSTOR Plant Science Kew Herbarium Catalogue BGBM Berlin-Dahlem - Virtual Herbarium Züricher Herbarien iNaturalist (Namibia / Alex Dreyer) iNaturalist (Namibia) iNaturalist (southern Africa) Flora of Zimbabwe Fleurs de notre Terre - Galerie Namibie Tree Atlas of Namibia |
| Content last updated: | 18 Apr 2024 |
