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Pachycarpus chirindensis
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Grassland plateau nr Morumbodzi Falls, Mt Gorongosa
Photo: Bart Wursten
Grassland plateau nr Morumbodzi Falls, Mt Gorongosa
Photo: Fraser Gear
Lower slopes below Mt Binga, Chimanimani MTs
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| Synonyms: |
Schizoglossum chirindense S. Moore Schizoglossum gigantiglossum Weim. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial herb with 1-3 annual stems, growing from a slender vertical tuberous rootstock. Leaves opposite, shortly petiolate, lanceolate, up to 11 × 3.5 cm, pubescent on both surfaces; apex pointed, rounded or truncate at the base; margin with minute rough hairs. Inflorescences terminal and extra-axillary, 6-18-flowered spherical umbels. Corolla campanulate, reddish-purple, occasionally yellow, hairless or minutely papillate inside, pubescent outside. Lobes up to 12 × 8 mm, ovate-oblong to obovate, pointed and recurved at the apex. Corona lobes reddish-brown, flattened, spreading at the base, ascending to erect above, up to 13 × 4.5 mm, spathulate to obtriangular. Follicle erect on a twisted pedicel, up to 12 × 3 cm, lanceolate-fusiform with 6 longitudinal wings. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | chirindensis: of the Chirinda Forest. |
| Habitat: | In rocky grassland. |
| Altitude range: | 860 - 2000 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Eastern Zimbabwe and adjacent areas of Mozambique including Mt Gorongosa. |
| Mozambique distribution: | MS |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Saturday 22 November 2008 |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 42. 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 27. As Schizoglossum gigantoglossum Goyder, D.J. (1998). A revision of Pachycarpus E. Mey. in tropical Africa with notes on the genus in southern Africa Kew Bulletin 53 Pages 353 - 357. (Includes a picture). Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Pages 309 - 310. (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 21. |
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