Dicliptera pumila
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Shenstone, Mt Hampden
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Shenstone, Mt Hampden
Photo: Bart Wursten
Shenstone, Mt Hampden
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Pyrophytic suffrutex usually flowering on short largely leafless stems after burning. Mature leaves 2-7 cm long, obovate or oblanceolate. Inflorescences axillary and terminal; cymules several-flowered, subcapitate or shortly spiciform, each flower subtended by 1 bract and 2 bracteoles. Cymule bracts 4-11 mm long. Corolla 10-22 mm long, white, pale pink, mauve or blue with pink or purple guidelines. Seeds tuberculate. |
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Malawi |
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| Derivation of specific name: | pumila: dwarf |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in Africa from South Sudan to Angola and Zimbabwe |
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| 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 54. as Peristrophe pumila Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2015). Acanthaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 8(6) Pages 283 - 285. (Includes a picture). 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 13. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 39. |
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