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Gutenbergia westii
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Along Nhamdazi River, lower Chimanimani Conservation Area.
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Northern slopes below Mt Dombe, Chimanimani Mts
Photo: Bart Wursten
Northern slopes below Mt Dombe, Chimanimani Mts
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along Nhamdazi River, lower Chimanimani Conservation Area.
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| Synonyms: |
Erlangea westii Wild |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | Locally common |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Branching perennial herb up to c. 1m tall. Stems covered in appressed, T-shaped hairs. Leaves alternate, 3-9 cm long, ovate-lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, green and finely pubescent with T-shaped hairs above, white-felted beneath; apex with a mucronate tip; margin entire or with a few very small teeth. Capitula many in laxly branched heads. Involucres up to 10 × 13 mm; florets mauve-purple, 7-8 mm long. Achenes c. 1.5 mm long, strongly c. 6-ribbed; pappus of few, short-lived, barbed setae, c. 2 mm long. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | westii: named after Oliver West (1910 - ?), who collected the type specimen. |
| Habitat: | On quartzite soils in Uapaca sansibarica and open Brachystegia woodland in the Chimanimani Mountains |
| Altitude range: | 1200 - 1900 m |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Chimanimani Mts of Zimbabwe and Mozambique. Also Serra Mocuta. |
| Mozambique distribution: | MS |
| Growth form(s): | |
| Endemic status: | Near Endemic |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Friday 9 September 2011 |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 29. 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 81. Mapaura, A. (2002). Endemic Plant Species of Zimbabwe. Kirkia 18(1) Page 134. 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 25. Pope, G.V. (1992). Compositae Flora Zambesiaca 6(1) Page 156. Wild, H. (1964). The endemic species of the Chimanimani Mountains and their significance Kirkia 4 Page 151. Protologue as Erlangea westii Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 89. |
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