Buchnera eylesii S. Moore

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Christon Bank

Synonyms:	Buchnera usafuensis (Engl.) Melch.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Erect perennial herb, up to 75 cm. Stems terete or obscurely quadrangular, mostly branched. Leaves opposite, narrowly linear-lanceolate, 10-60 mm long, decreasing in size higher along the stem. Clusters of smaller leaves often present in axils of main leaves. Flowers in lax spikes, up to 25 cm long, white. Fruit a capsule, cylindric-ovoid, c. 6 × 3.5mm.
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Derivation of specific name:	eylesii: named after Frederick Eyles (1864 - 1937)
Habitat:	In rocky and sandy soils in Brachystegia woodland.
Altitude range:	1000 - 1750 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe.
Malawi distribution:	C
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Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Literature:	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 77. Under Scrophulariaceae Philcox, D. (1990). Scrophulariaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(2) Page 120.

Flora of Mozambique: Buchnera eylesii
Flora of Zimbabwe: Buchnera eylesii

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