Linderniaceae
Crepidorhopalon

Crepidorhopalon spicatus (Engl.) Eb.Fisch.

First published in Feddes Repert. 100: 444 (1989)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Scrophulariaceae, D. Philcox. Flora Zambesiaca 8:2. 1990

Morphology General Habit
Erect herb, 5–15(25) cm. tall, simple to more usually branched; stems quadrangular, 4-winged, glabrous with few small glands at or near nodes.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves sessile (5)10–25(30) x (1.5)2–8 mm., lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, obtuse or acute, entire to remotely, minutely serrate, those of upper pairs often very unequal.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers blue to occasionally purple or white, solitary, axillary below becoming subracemose above, very shortly pedicellate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Pedicel
Pedicels 0.5–1 mm. long, occasionally minutely stipitate-glandular.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 3.5–4.5 mm. long, becoming 5–6 mm. long in fruit, bilabiate, 5-winged; upper lip trilobed, lower bilabiate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla 4–5 mm. long, lobes rounded.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Capsule (2.5)3.5–4 x (1.8)2–2.5 mm., cylindric-ovoid.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds reddish.
[FZ]

Scrophulariaceae, F. N. Hepper. Flora of West Tropical Africa 2. 1963

Morphology General Habit
Erect glabrous annual, simple or branched, the stems acutely 4-angular, 2-9 in. high
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers blue, sometimes white or pink
Ecology
Weed of cultivation and waste places in savanna.
[FWTA]

Scrophulariaceae, S.A. Ghazanfar, F.N. Hepper & D. Philcox. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2008

Type
Type: Sudan, Djur, Schweinfurth 4296 (B†, holo; K!, iso.)
Morphology General Habit
Slender erect annual, 4–17 cm high.
Morphology Stem
Stem simple or branched, quadrangular, narrowly winged, glabrous or with a few glands at or near the nodes
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence laxly spicate; flowers solitary, axillary
Morphology Leaves
Lower bracts leaf-like, upper much shorter than calyx Leaves sessile, lanceolate, (5–)8–21 mm long, 1.5–3 mm wide, apex ± acute, entire or slightly toothed, glabrous
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Pedicel
Pedicel 0.5–1 mm, glabrous or occasionally minutely glandular
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 3.5–4 mm long, elongating to ± 6 mm in fruit, 5-toothed and 2-lipped, conspicuously winged on each vein
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla blue and white, 5–8 mm long, upper lip hooded, lower lip 3-lobed, rounded.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens Anthers
Anthers ± exserted
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Capsule oblong-ovoid, 3–4 mm long, 2–2.5 mm wide, acute, dehiscing into 2 valves
Figures
Fig 22: 7–11, p 64
Ecology
In wet sandy places in woodland, and in cultivations; 900–1350 m
Conservation
Least concern (LC); widespread
Distribution
Flora districts: T1 T4 T5 T7 T8 Range: Mali, Guinea, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo-Kinshasa, Sudan, Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Botswana, South Africa
[FTEA]

Uses

Use
None recorded on specimens from our area
[FTEA]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0