Siphonochilus kilimanensis (Gagnep.) B.L. Burtt

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Mopeia District, Zambezia province

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Path from Nhago Camp to nearby settlement, Coutada 12

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Synonyms:	Kaempferia ceciliae N.E. Br. Kaempferia kilimanensis (Gagnep.) B.L. Burtt
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Frequency:	Uncommon
Status:	Native
Description:	Perennial herb, growing from a short, thick rhizome. Leaves almost fully developed at flowering time, narrowly elliptic, pointed, 12-22 cm long,gradually tapering into a fallse petiole up to 11 cm long, including the leaf sheath. Inflorescence arising from the base of the leafy shoot, 4-10-flowered on a peduncle 19-38 cm long. Corolla violet with a 3-lobed lip.
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Derivation of specific name:	kilimanensis: of Kilimane, the district in Mozambique where the type specimen was collected.
Habitat:	Grassland , sometimes seasonally flooded, on sandy and black alluvial soils.
Altitude range:	20 - 140 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Restricted to the coastal plain in Central Mozambique.
Mozambique distribution:	Z,MS
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Endemic status:	Endemic
Red data list status:	Vulnerable
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Content last updated:	Saturday 29 July 2017
Literature:	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 79. Lock, J.M. (2010). Zingiberaceae Flora Zambesiaca 13(4) Pages 128 - 129.

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