Published November 11, 2025 | Version v1
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FIGURE 7 in Petalidium sebrabergense (Acanthaceae), a new species from Namibia

  • 1. Independent Researcher, P.O. Box 21168, Windhoek, Namibia & H.G.W.J. Schweickerdt Herbarium, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002 South Africa & Ongava Research Centre, Private Bag 12041, Windhoek, Namibia
  • 2. H.G.W.J. Schweickerdt Herbarium, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002 South Africa & South African National Biodiversity Institute, Private Bag X101, Pretoria, 0001 South Africa

Description

FIGURE 7. Petalidium cirrhiferum. Morphology of leaves and flowers. A. Branchlet showing ovate or narrowly ovate leaves with greyish indumentum composed of matted dendritic and bifurcate trichomes (microscopic enlargement required). B. Flower in front view. C. Flower in front view and persistent bracteoles of spent flowers. Note outer surface of bracteoles with robust, long-stalked dendritic trichomes up to 5 mm long. D. Flower in side view, showing bracteole with long-stalked dendritic trichomes. Photographs by W. Swanepoel.

Notes

Published as part of Swanepoel, Wessel & Van Wyk, Abraham E., 2025, Petalidium sebrabergense (Acanthaceae), a new species from Namibia, pp. 17-30 in Phytotaxa 728 (1) on page 25, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.728.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/18416767

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