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Jamesbrittenia carvalhoi
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Plateau below Nhandore Peak, Mt Gorongosa
Photo: Bart Wursten
Plateau below Nhandore Peak, Mt Gorongosa
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| Synonyms: |
Sutera carvalhoi (Engl.) Skan |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
A shrubby perennial, densely glandular pubescent, up to 1.2 m tall. Leaves opposite, ovate-lanceolate, 1-4.5 cm long; margin crenate-serrate. Flowers in terminal racemose inflorescences; bracts similar to the leves but smaller. Corolla white, less often mauve-blue, with yellow to dark purple-brown throat; tube 15-24 mm long. |
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| Habitat: | Montane grassland and rocky hillsides. |
| Altitude range: | 1350 - 2300 m |
| Flowering time: | Jul - Oct |
| Worldwide distribution: | Border Highlands of Zimbabwe and Mozambique, including Mt Gorongosa. |
| Mozambique distribution: | MS |
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| Endemic status: | Near Endemic |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Saturday 26 November 2011 |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 34. 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 95. Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 177. Mapaura, A. (2002). Endemic Plant Species of Zimbabwe. Kirkia 18(1) Page 147. 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 78. Philcox, D. (1990). Scrophulariaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(2) Pages 32 - 33. as Sutera carvalhoi (Includes a picture). Plowes, D.C.H. & Drummond, R.B. (1990). Wild Flowers of Zimbabwe. Revised edition. Longman, Zimbabwe. No. 114, plate 152 as Sutera carvalhoi Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 100. |
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