Dombeya burgessiae Gerrard ex Harv.

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Kaperekeza road, Nyika National Park

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Synonyms:	Dombeya calantha K. Schum. Dombeya greenwayi Wild Dombeya johnstonii Baker Dombeya lasiostylis K. Schum. Dombeya nyasica Exell Dombeya rosea Baker f. Dombeya tanganyikensis Baker f.
Common names:	Pink dombeya (English)
Frequency:
Status:	Native
Description:	Shrub or small tree. Leaves large, up to 15 × 15 cm, broadly ovate, 3-5 lobed with rough hairs on both surfaces. Flowers in many-flowered axillary heads, showy, pale to deep pink, 3-5 cm across.
Type location:	Natal, South Africa
Notes:	The flower dries while remaining on the tree to form papery wings, which act as an agent for seed dispersal by wind.
Derivation of specific name:	burgessiae after Miss Burgess of Birkenhead.
Habitat:	In open woodland, along streams, on rocky outcrops and along forest margins, preferring higher rainfall areas.
Altitude range: (metres)	800 - 2200 m
Flowering time:	Apr - Jul
Worldwide distribution:	Angola, DRC, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Eswatini and Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
FZ divisions:	N,C,S
Growth form(s):	Tree.
Endemic status:
Red data list status:
Insects associated with this species:	Eagris sabadius ochreana (Larval foodplant)
Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Images last updated:	Sunday 9 September 2018
Literature:	Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 92 - 93. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 275. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 586. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 22. Cheek, M. & Dorr, L. (2007). Sterculiaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 64 - 65. Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Pages 709 - 710. (Includes a picture). 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 111. 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 28. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 259. Goodier, R. & Phipps, J.B. (1961). A revised checklist of the vascular plants of the Chimanimani Mountains Kirkia 1 Page 59. 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 80. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 74. Schmidt, E., Lötter, M. & McCleland, W. (2002). Trees and shrubs of Mpumalanga and Kruger National Park Jacana, Johannesburg, South Africa Pages 398 - 399. (Includes a picture). Seyani, J.H. (1991). The Genus Dombeya (Sterculiaceae) in Continental Africa Opera Bot. Belg. 2 Pages 66 - 75. (Includes a picture). Steedman, E.C. (1933). Some Trees, Shrubs and Lianes of Southern Rhodesia. Page 49. as Dombeya rosea Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 179. Troupin, G. (1983). Sterculiaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume II Page 405. Van Wyk, B. & Van Wyk, P. (1997). Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa. Struik, South Africa Pages 232 - 233. (Includes a picture). Wild, H. (1960-1). Sterculiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(2) Pages 522 - 523. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 95.

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