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Acanthus ueleensis
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Mt Mabu
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Mt Mabu
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Mt Mabu
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Lower slopes Mt Mabu
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| Synonyms: |
Acanthus montanus sensu C.B. Clarke Acanthus vandermeirenii De Wild. |
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| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial herb, up to c. 1 m tall, rarely taller, growing from a creeping rhizome. Leaves elliptic to obovate in outline, up to 30 cm long, varying from unlobed with remote, spiny teeth to deeply lobed with oblong to triangular spine-tipped lobes; surface rough with scattered stiff, bulbous-based hairs; petiole up to 2.5 cm long; stipule-like samll interpetiolar leaves absent. Inflorescences solitary, terminal, usually 3-15 cm long; bracts, green or purple-tipped, elliptic-obovate, more or less densely puperulous, 2.5-4.7 cm long; apical part, triangular, spine-tipped, with 4-12 large and small teeth each side. Flowers more or less pale pink to mauve. Capsule c. 2.5 cm long. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | ueleensis: of the Uele River in DR congo, where the type specimen was found. |
| Habitat: | Understorey of forest, often along streams or in swampy places. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | DRC, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Sudan, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia(?). |
| Mozambique distribution: | N,Z |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Saturday 21 July 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 48. (Includes a picture). Dowsett-Lemaire, F. (1989). The flora and phytogeography of the evergreen forests of Malawi. I: Afromontane and mid-altitude forests; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 59(1/2) Page 21. Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Dowsett-Lemaire, F., Congdon, C., Branch, B., Collins, S., Curran, M., Dowsett, R,J., Fishpool, L., Francisco, J., Harris, Kopp, M. & de Sousa, C. (2012). Mt Mabu, Mozambique: Biodiversity and Conservation Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London Page 72. Vollesen, K. (2009). Acanthaceae (Part 1) Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 94 - 95. Vollesen, K. (2013). Acanthaceae (Part 1) Flora Zambesiaca 8(5) Pages 57 - 59. (Includes a picture). |
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