Anthericopsis sepalosa (C.B. Clarke) Engl.

Selected images: Click on each image to see a larger version and details of the record View all images (3)

Anthericopsis sepalosa

Photo: Ton Rulkens
Ancuabe district (Cabo Delgado province)

Anthericopsis sepalosa

Photo: Ton Rulkens
Ancuabe district (Cabo Delgado province)

Anthericopsis sepalosa

Photo: Ton Rulkens
Ancuabe district (Cabo Delgado province)

Detailed records: Display species records QDS maps by: Google Maps Point records by Google Maps

Species details: Click on each item to see an explanation of that item (Note: opens a new window)

Synonyms: Aneilema sepalosum C.B. Clarke
Anthericopsis fischeri Engl.
Anthericopsis tradescantiodes Chiov.
Gilletia sepalosa (C.B. Clarke) Rendle
Common names:
Frequency:
Status: Native
Description:
Hairless perennial herb, usually less than 30 cm tall, growing from ovoid to ellipsoid tubers. Leaves in a basal rosette, lanceolate to oblanceolate-elliptic, 4-31 cm long. Inflorescence terminal or occasionally axillary from the rosette or axillary from a leaf on the peduncle. Bracts and bracteoles lanceolate, 0.7-5 cm long. Flowers c. 2.5 cm wide; sepals linear-lanceolate-elliptic, 10-25 mm long; petals much broader elliptic, 15-25 cm, white to pale pink or mauve, rarely blueish; stamens yellow. Capsules linear-oblong, 20-35 mm long.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:
Habitat: In wet and waterlogged grassland, at edges of thickets and in Terminalia woodland.
Altitude range:
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution: Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, DRC, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia.
Malawi distribution: ?
Growth form(s):
Endemic status:
Red data list status:
Insects associated with this species:
Spot characters: Display spot characters for this species
Content last updated: Friday 5 February 2016
Literature:

Faden, R. (2012). Commelinaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 49 - 50. (Includes a picture).

Other sources of information about Anthericopsis sepalosa:

Our websites:

Flora of Mozambique: Anthericopsis sepalosa
Flora of Zambia: Anthericopsis sepalosa

External websites:

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


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: Anthericopsis sepalosa.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=223560, retrieved 7 December 2024

Site software last modified: 3 April 2018 9:36pm
Terms of use