Dierama inyangense Hilliard & B.L. Burtt

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Mt Rukotso, Nyanga

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Synonyms:	Dierama pendulum auct.
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Frequency:	Local
Status:	Native
Description:	Plants singly or in tufts, growing from corms. Stems branched usually with 3 to 6 pendulous flowering spikes. Flowers light to dark purple-pink, crowded together with overlapping bracts. The bract tissue typically fused a solid mass for much of the length.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	inyangense: of the Nyanga (Inyanga) area of the Eastern Highlands
Habitat:	In rocky montane grassland.
Altitude range:	1650 - 2300 m
Flowering time:	Aug - Mar
Worldwide distribution:	Restricted to the border mountains of Zimbabwe and Mozambique between Nyanga and Tsetsera.
Mozambique distribution:	MS
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Endemic status:	Near Endemic
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Literature:	Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 21. Darbyshire, I., Timberlake, J., Osborne, J., Rokni, S., Matimele, H., Langa. C., Datizua, C., de Sousa, C., Alves, T., Massingue, A., Hadj-Hammou, J., Dhanda, S., Shah, T., Wursten, B. (2019). The endemic plants of Mozambique: diversity and conservation status Phytotaxa 136 Page 77. Goldblatt, P. (1993). Iridaceae Flora Zambesiaca 12(4) Pages 41 - 42. (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 92.

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