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Cyphia nyikensis
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road to Chozi View Point, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road to Chozi View Point, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road to Chozi View Point, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road to Chozi View Point, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road to Chozi View Point, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road to Chozi View Point, Nyika National Park
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Erect herb, with an unbranched stem, up to 25 cm high, ribbed, mostly hairless except for short pubescence in the inflorescence region. Leaves subsessile to shortly petiolate, crowded towards the base of the stem, lanceolate to elliptic, 20–45 mm long, hairless, veins prominent beneath; margin serrate–crenate, slightly rolled under. Flowers in a dense raceme, mostly up to 3 cm long but sometimes longer, shortly pubescent; bracts up to 10 mm long, dentate. Calyx with lobes narrowly triangular, erect, 3·2–5·6 mm long, with 1–2 pairs of teeth at the margin. Corolla c. 8 mm long, pale pink, darker purple towards the base, tubular with 5 subequal lobes c. 4 mm long, tube shortly pubescent on the outside and on the inside towards the base, lobes papillose on both sides. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | nyikensis of Nyika Plateau in Malawi. |
| Habitat: | In shallow soils overlying rock. |
| Altitude range: | 2250 - 2400 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Only known from the Nyika Plateau, Malawi. |
| Malawi distribution: | N |
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| Endemic status: | Endemic |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Sunday 5 May 2019 |
| 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 196. Thulin, M. (1983). Lobeliaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(1) Pages 149 - 150. Willis, C.K., Burrows, J.E., Fish, L., Phiri, P.S.M., Chikuni, A.C. & Golding, J. (2001). Developing a greater understanding of the flora of the Nyika Syst. Geogr. Pl. 71(2) Page 999. |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Cyphia nyikensisBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Cyphia nyikensis
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Cyphia nyikensis
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Cyphia nyikensis
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iNaturalist: Cyphia nyikensis
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cyphia nyikensis
JSTOR Plant Science: Cyphia nyikensis
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Cyphia nyikensis
Plants of the World Online: Cyphia nyikensis
Tropicos: Cyphia nyikensis
Wikipedia: Cyphia nyikensis
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