Melhania virescens
| Family: | Sterculiaceae |
| Full name: | Melhania virescens (K.Schum.) K.Schum. |
| Location: | Kyffhäuser (2416AD + 2416CB) |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | - |
| English common name(s): | - |
| Synonym(s): | Melhania bolusii Burtt Davy Melhania griquensis Bolus - p.p. accepted by FTA Melhania griquensis Bolus var. virescens K.Schum. |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: | Branching perennial up to 0.3 m tall and very like M. rehmannii, but the epicalyx bracts are always linear-subulate, never ovate. The grey indumentum also tends to be thinner on older leaves and they become glabrescent. (from JSTOR Global Plants website) |
| 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 |
| Photographer: | AA Dreyer |
| Date of photograph: | 21 Mar 2008 |
| Camera make: | Canon |
| Camera model: | PowerShot A700 |
| Lens aperture: | f/4.0 |
| Shutter speed: | 1/500 s |
| ISO speed: | - |
| Content last updated: | 18 Apr 2024 |
