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Stemodiopsis buchananii
pubescens
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Northern slopes below Mt Dombe, Chimanimani Mts
Photo: Bart Wursten
Northern slopes below Mt Dombe, Chimanimani Mts
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial herb with procumbent, much branched stems up to 20 cm long, mostly hairless except for a fine, minute pubescence on stems. Leaves opposite, ovate to lanceolate-ovate, 35 mm long; margin coarsely serrate-dentate; petiole about the same length as the leaf blade. Flowers solitary or in clusters of 2-3 together. Pedicels 3–5 mm long, decurved in fruit. Calyx 3–5.5 mm long; lobes narrowly linear-triangular, 2.5–5 mm long, with prominent mid-vein. Corolla white with lip marked pink to purple, or mauve, 4.5–9.5 mm long; tube c. 2.5–5 mm. long; upper lip broadly ovate with lobes sub-triangular; lower lip subcircular to broadly obovate with lobes rounded. Capsule ellipsoid-conical, 4.5–7 mm long, including a beak 1.5–2.25 mm long, hairless, pale yellow-brown. |
| Type location: |
Chimanimani Mts, Zimbabwe |
| Notes: | Similar to Stemodiopsis rivae which is distinguished by stems and leaves being covered in dense stiff whitish hairs. |
| 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. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Buchanan_(settler). |
| Habitat: | In rock crevices. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 1800 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Only known from the Chimanimani area in Zimbabwe and Mozambique. |
| National distribution: | MS |
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| Endemic status: | Near Endemic |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Friday 12 March 2021 |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 53. 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. Under Scrophulariaceae Philcox, D. (1990). Scrophulariaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(2) Pages 40 - 42. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 95. |
Other sources of information about Stemodiopsis buchananii var. pubescens:
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Flora of Zimbabwe: Stemodiopsis buchananii var. pubescensExternal websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Stemodiopsis buchananiiAfrican Plant Database: Stemodiopsis buchananii
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Stemodiopsis buchananii
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Stemodiopsis buchananii
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Stemodiopsis buchananii
JSTOR Plant Science: Stemodiopsis buchananii
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Stemodiopsis buchananii
Plants of the World Online: Stemodiopsis buchananii
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