Achyrospermum densiflorum
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Description
Suberect herb, 10-60 cm.
Leaves thin, narrowly elliptic or ovate, 6-8 by 2.5-4 cm, acute or broadly acute, base cuneate or attenuate, hirsute or pilose on both surfaces, margin serrate or crenate-dentate;
Stamens in 2 pairs, the lower pair longer, exserted.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Philippines (Philippines present), Central & S. Sumatra present, E. as far as Mt Tjeremai and Banjumas present, Lesser Sunda Is present, Leyte present, Lombok present, Luzon present, Mindanao present, Mindoro present, W. Java present, W. Sumbawa present
Malesia: Central & S. Sumatra, W. Java (E. as far as Mt Tjeremai and Banjumas), Lesser Sunda Is. (Lombok, W. Sumbawa), and Philippines (Luzon, Mindoro, Leyte, Mindanao).
Notes
HOOKER F. (l.c.) suggested possible conspecificity with the Indian A. wallichianum (BTH.) BTH., but I rather want to keep them apart.
Citation
Miq. 1859 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 990
MURATA 1973 – In: Acta Phytotax. Geobot.: 106
F.-VILL. 1880: Nov. App.: 165
Miq. 1859 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 990
Koord. 1912 – In: Exk. Fl. Java: 148
KENG 1969: p. 23. – In: Gard. Bull. Sing.: f. 1
BTH. 1848 – In: DC., Prod. 12: 458
Merr. 1923 – In: En. Philip.: 412
BACK. & BAKH. f. 1965 – In: Fl. Java: 624
BTH. 1886: Rev. Pl. Vasc. Filip.: 214
Hook.f. 1885: p. 673. – In: Fl. Br. Ind.: in nota
VIDAL 1885: Phan. Cuming. Philip.: 136
Miq. 1859 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 989
STEEN. 1972: Mt. Fl. Java: pl. 24-2