Comprehensive Description
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Lennoa caerulea (H.B.K.) Fourn. Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 16: 11. 1869
Corallophyllum caeruleum H.B.K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 7: 276, 1825.
A succulent yellowish plant; stem 5-10 cm. high, often branched at the base; scales lanceolate, glandular-puberulent ; bracts oblong, acute, membranous ; flowers sessile, scarcely longer than the bracts; sepals colored, linear, longer than the corolla, pulverulent-hirtellous ; corolla paleviolet, 4-6 mm. long; limb 2.5-3 mm. broad, with 8 emarginate lobes.
Type locality: Near the city of Mexico.
Distribution: Parasitic on composites; Mexico, Pueblo, and Morelos.
- bibliographic citation
- John Kunkel Small, NathanieI Lord Britton, Per Axel Rydberg, LeRoy Abrams. 1914. ERICALES, CLETHRACEAE, LENNOACEAE, PTROLACEAE, MONOTROPACEAE, ERICACEAE, UVA-URSI. North American flora. vol 29(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
Comprehensive Description
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Lennoa madreporoides Lex.; Llave & Lex. Nov. Veg
Descr. 1: 7. 1824.
Lennoa madrepoides Steud. Nom. Bot. ed. 2. 2: 22. 1841,
A succulent yellowish or brownish plant; stem 5-15 cm. high, usually simple up to the inflorescence ; scales elliptic or lanceolate, dentate, acute ; flowers sessile, longer than the Hnear
- bibliographic citation
- John Kunkel Small, NathanieI Lord Britton, Per Axel Rydberg, LeRoy Abrams. 1914. ERICALES, CLETHRACEAE, LENNOACEAE, PTROLACEAE, MONOTROPACEAE, ERICACEAE, UVA-URSI. North American flora. vol 29(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
