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Alchemilla kiwuensis
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Morumbodzi falls, Mt Gorongosa.
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Along road on Mt Tsetsera
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| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | Locally common |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Low perennial herb, spreading by slender hairy stolons.Leaves in a basal rosette, petiolate, almost circular to kidney-shaped in outline, deeply 5-9-lobed, covered in spreading white hairs on both surfaces; deeply cordate at the base; margin dentate. Flowers in few-flowered clusters, very small, petals absent; calyx with epicalyx lobes. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | kiwuensis: of the Kivu area in Rwanda, where the type specimen was found. |
| Habitat: | In moist grassland and along the edges of evergreen forest often near streams. |
| Altitude range: | 800 - 2000 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Cameroon, DRC, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
| Mozambique distribution: | MS |
| Growth form(s): | Perennial. |
| Endemic status: | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Friday 3 February 2012 |
| 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 234. Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 4. Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 98. 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 70. Mendes, E.J. (1978). Rosaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Pages 32 - 33. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 86. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 159. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 98. |
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