Biology:Canarina abyssinica
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
| Canarina abyssinica | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Campanulaceae |
| Genus: | Canarina |
| Species: | C. abyssinica
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| Binomial name | |
| Canarina abyssinica Engl.
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Canarina abyssinica is a dull grey-green plant with fleshy rootstock and triangular, ovate leaves. Its pendulous, solitary flowers 5–6 cm long are orange-red with a five lobed calyx and a large corolla that is tubular or bell-shaped.
Distribution
An uncommon species found in wet forests at altitudes of 1620–2130 m, especially in western and central Kenya; Arusha in Tanzania; Mbale in Uganda; also in Ethiopia and South Sudan.
References
- ↑ "Canarina abyssinica Engl.". The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d.. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:141364-1.
- ↑ "Canarina abyssinica Engl.". Species 2000. n.d.. https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/QJDS.
Collins Guide to the Wildflowers of East Africa by Sir Michael Blundell, 1987. ISBN:0-00-219812-6
Wikidata ☰ Q15598064 entry
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