Eriosema buchananii Baker f.
var. subprostratum Verdc.

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Eriosema buchananii var. subprostratum

Photo: Bart Wursten
Kaperepeza road, Nyika National Park

Eriosema buchananii var. subprostratum

Photo: Bart Wursten
Kaperepeza road, Nyika National Park

Eriosema buchananii var. subprostratum

Photo: Bart Wursten
Kaperepeza road, Nyika National Park

Eriosema buchananii var. subprostratum

Photo: Bart Wursten
Kaperepeza road, Nyika National Park

Eriosema buchananii var. subprostratum

Photo: Bart Wursten
Kaperepeza road, Nyika National Park

Eriosema buchananii var. subprostratum

Photo: Bart Wursten
Kaperepeza road, Nyika National Park

Eriosema buchananii var. subprostratum

Photo: Bart Wursten
Kaperepeza road, Nyika National Park

Eriosema buchananii var. subprostratum

Photo: Bart Wursten
Kaperepeza road, Nyika National Park

Eriosema buchananii var. subprostratum

Photo: Bart Wursten
Chelinda Bridge, Nyika National Park.

Eriosema buchananii var. subprostratum

Photo: Bart Wursten
Dam 1, Chelinda Camp, Nyika National Park.

Eriosema buchananii var. subprostratum

Photo: Bart Wursten
Dam 1, Chelinda Camp, Nyika National Park.

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Status: Native
Description:
See var. buchananii for general details. This variety is distinguished by its very prostrate habit.
Notes: We agree with Burrows & Willis (Sabonet Report 31: 159, 2005) that the distinctly prostrate habit of this variety warrants retention.
Derivation of specific name: buchananii: after John Buchanan (1855 – 1896), Scottish horticulturist, missionary, farmer and plant collector in Malawi, who became Acting British Consul to Central Africa.
subprostratum: almost prostrate.
Habitat: Montane grassland, often with Protea scrub and bracken.
Altitude range: 2000 - 2400 m
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution: Southern Tanzania, northern Malawi and Zambia (Nyika only).
Malawi distribution: N
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Content last updated: Tuesday 26 March 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 Pages 159 - 160. (Includes a picture).

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Eriosema buchananii
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Eriosema buchananii
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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: Eriosema buchananii var. subprostratum.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=231420, retrieved 29 March 2024

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