Misplaced Pages

Canarina eminii

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Species of plant in the family Campanulaceae

Canarina eminii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Campanulaceae
Genus: Canarina
Species: C. eminii
Binomial name
Canarina eminii
Asch. & Schweinf.
Synonyms

Canarina elegantissima T.C.E.Fr.

Canarina eminii is a species of flowering plant in the family Campanulaceae. It is an epiphytic or terrestrial, usually glaucous, herb. Its root is thick, often with a corky surface layer. Its stems are erect and scandent, pendent up to several meters in length, usually with a fine purplish mottling. Its leaves are triangular to ovate, up to 10 cm long, acute with cordate to cuneate base, dentate, double dentate or double serrate. Its corollas are funnel-shaped to 7.5 cm long, orange to orange-red with darker venation.

Distribution

It is found in upland and riverine forest, epiphytic or among rocks; altitude range 1600–3200 m. Very similar to C. abyssinica which is not epiphytic and has a slightly lower altitude range. It also lacks the purplish mottling of C. eminii and the leaves are triangular to pentagonal. Kenya: recorded in Elgon, Cheranganis, Tinderet, Mau, the Aberdares and Mount Kenya. Tanzania: recorded in Rungwe, Kiwira Forest. Uganda: recorded in Imatong Mountains and Mbale. Also recorded in Ethiopia, eastern Congo, Rwanda, Burundi and Malawi.

References

  1. ^ "Canarina eminii Asch. & Schweinf". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
  2. "Canarina eminii Asch. & Schweinf". World Flora Online. The World Flora Online Consortium. n.d. Retrieved September 27, 2020.

Sources

Taxon identifiers
Canarina eminii
Categories: