Triumfetta welwitschii Mast.[Agg]

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Triumfetta welwitschii

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Cleveland Dam

Triumfetta welwitschii

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Mukuvisi Woodland, office area

Triumfetta welwitschii

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Cleveland Dam

Triumfetta welwitschii

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Main Harare-Mutare road near Rusape.

Triumfetta welwitschii

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Main Harare-Mutare road near Rusape.

Triumfetta welwitschii

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Main Harare-Mutare road near Rusape.

Triumfetta welwitschii

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Kopje Tops, Mavhuradonha Wilderness Area

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Synonyms: Triumfetta descampsii De Wild. & Dur.
Triumfetta laxiflora Engl.
Triumfetta mastersii Baker f.
Triumfetta mastersii Baker f. var. descampsii (De Wild. & Dur.) Sprague & Hutch.
Triumfetta rehmannii Szyszyl.
Triumfetta welwitschii Mast. var. rehmannii (Szyszyl.) Sprague & Hutch.
Triumfetta welwitschii Mast. var. descampsii (De Wild. & Dur.) Brenan
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Status: Native
Description:
Perennial herb, growing annual stems from a woody rootstock, usually flowering before the leaves develop. Inflorescences terminal, covered in a golden velvety indumentum, flowers yellow. The fruits are covered in long, erect reddish bristles.
Notes: Triumfetta welwitschii has taxonomically been split into many varieties. The varieties mainly differ in variabe density, persistence and type of indumentum on the leaves. Only var. welwitschii has been recorded from Malawi.
Derivation of specific name: welwitschii: after the Austrian botanist, Friedrich Martin Welwitsch (1806-1872)
Habitat: A conspicuous species of burnt roadsides, grassland and woodland.
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Flowering time:Sep - Nov
Worldwide distribution: Angola, DRC, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Eswatini and South Africa.
Malawi distribution: C,S
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Literature:

Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 279. as var. welwitschii

Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 36.

Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 115. as var. welwitschii and var. descompsii (misspelled)

Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 81. as var. welwitschii and var. hirsuta

Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 76. as var. welwitschii

Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 181.

Wild, H. (1963). Tiliaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Pages 68 - 69. as var. welwitschii, var. descampsii and var. hirsuta.

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Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Triumfetta welwitschii
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Flora of Zambia: Triumfetta welwitschii
Flora of Zimbabwe: Triumfetta welwitschii

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Triumfetta welwitschii
African Plant Database: Triumfetta welwitschii
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Triumfetta welwitschii
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Triumfetta welwitschii
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Triumfetta welwitschii
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Triumfetta welwitschii
JSTOR Plant Science: Triumfetta welwitschii
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Triumfetta welwitschii
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Malawi: Species information: Triumfetta welwitschii.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=138780, retrieved 19 March 2024

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