Bersama abyssinica Fresen.
subsp. abyssinica

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Bersama abyssinica subsp. abyssinica

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Synonyms:
Common names: Winged bersama (English)
Frequency:
Status: Native
Description:
See Bersama abyssinica for general description details. This subspecies differs in the rhachis NOT being winged and the leaflets with the margins entire. The flowers are generally smaller with petals 10-12 mm long and the calyx is mostly pink-tinged.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: abyssinica: of Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
Habitat: In evergreen forest, along margins of forest and in secondary forest.
Altitude range: 1200 - 1600 m
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution: DRC, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and ?Zimbabwe.
Malawi distribution: C,S
Growth form(s):
Endemic status:
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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 208. (Includes a picture).

Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 9. As Bersama abyssinica abyssinica abyssinica

Dowsett-Lemaire, F. (1989). The flora and phytogeography of the evergreen forests of Malawi. I: Afromontane and mid-altitude forests; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 59(1/2) Page 20.

Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 122.

White, F. (1966). Melianthaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(2) Page 545.

Other sources of information about Bersama abyssinica subsp. abyssinica:

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Flora of Burundi: Bersama abyssinica subsp. abyssinica
Flora of Mozambique: Bersama abyssinica subsp. abyssinica
Flora of Zimbabwe: Bersama abyssinica subsp. abyssinica

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Bersama abyssinica
African Plant Database: Bersama abyssinica
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Bersama abyssinica
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Bersama abyssinica
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Bersama abyssinica
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Bersama abyssinica
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Bersama abyssinica
JSTOR Plant Science: Bersama abyssinica
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Bersama abyssinica
Plants of the World Online: Bersama abyssinica
Tropicos: Bersama abyssinica
Wikipedia: Bersama abyssinica


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: Bersama abyssinica subsp. abyssinica.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=137550, retrieved 5 October 2024

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