Aeollanthus ukamensis Gürke
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Domboshawa
Photo: Bart Wursten
Domboshawa
Photo: Mark Hyde
At base of Chivarairwa Kopje, Canonkopje Crane and Game Sanctuary
Photo: Mark Hyde
At base of Chivarairwa Kopje, Canonkopje Crane and Game Sanctuary
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Synonyms:
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Aeollanthus cameronii Burkill
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Status:
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Native |
Description:
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Small annual herb with ascending, fleshy reddish-purple stems, up to 40 cm. Leaves opposite, ovate to elliptic, up to 60 × 20 mm but usually much smaller; margins shallowly to deeply crenate, rarely appearing pinnatifid. Inflorescence a lax panicle. Flowers often one-sided on the inflorescence branches. Corolla deep purple, violet or bluish; upper lip more or less 4-lobed marked with darker dots; lower lip slightly concave to boat-shaped. |
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Derivation of specific name:
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ukamensis: of the Ukami area in central Tanzania, where the type was collected. |
Habitat:
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On rocks and in cracks amongst rocks |
Altitude range: |
200 - 1700 m |
Flowering time: | May |
Worldwide distribution:
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Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe |
Malawi distribution:
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C,S |
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Endemic status:
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Spot characters:
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Display spot characters for this species |
Literature:
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Launert, E. (1963). Malpighiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Page 54.
Paton, A.J. et al. (2013). Lamiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(8) Pages 304 - 306. (Includes a picture).
Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 111.
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-23
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2023).
Flora of Malawi: Species information: Aeollanthus ukamensis. https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=149630, retrieved 28 January 2023
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