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Published In: Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 8: 523. 1844. (mid March 1844) (Prodr.) Name publication detailView in BotanicusView in Biodiversity Heritage Library
 

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Contributor Text: S.I. ALI
Flower/Fruit: Fl. Per.: June-September.
Type: Lectotype: Herb. Willdenow 5265 (B).
Distribution: Distribution: Nepal, Western Tibet, Kashmir, Pakistan, Afghanistan westward to Greece.
Comment/Acknowledgements: A variable species; Rechinger f. (Biol. Skr. 10,3:79.1958) has discussed the variation of Vincetoxicum glaucum, which he maintains as a separate species, and its relationship to Vincetoxicum canescens.
Map Location: B-7 Hazara, Batal, 1.9.1899, Inayat (K); Swat, Batain above Ushu, 9000 ft, R.R. Stewart & A. Rahman 25301 (K; RAW); B-8 Kashmir, Rattu, Kamrinala, Astor, Inayat 25691 (K); Skardo-Dras, 8800 ft, petals green, acute, C.B. Clarke 30512A (K); B-9 Baltistan, Paskyum, 9600 ft, flowers greenish, B.B. Osmaston 129 (K); north of Kamri Pass, above Shankargarh, c. 10,000 ft, R.R. Stewart 22773 (K); C-7 Murree Hills, Basian, 7000 ft, flowers cream, 24.61922, R.R. Stewart (K; KUH).

 

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Perennial undershrub, c. 15-70 cm tall, erect to twining, pubescent. Leaves 4-7 cm x 1.8-6 cm, ovate-lanceolate or cordate, glabrous to pubescent, entire, acute to acuminate. Flowers clustered in the leaf axils. Pedicels 4-5 mm long. Calyx lobes c. 1.5 mm long, lobes oblong to lanceolate, acute. Corolla c. 4 mm long, cream to greenish, lobes hairy on the inner surface. Corona lobes 5, obtuse. Follicles 5-6 x 1-1.5 (-2) cm, gradually tapering towards the tip.
 
 
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