Sarcophyte piriei Hutch.
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Photo: Karl van Laeren
At base of Mt Tshshinini (Jechenene)
Photo: Karl van Laeren
At base of Mt Tshshinini (Jechenene)
Photo: Mike Bingham
Serenje District, Kasanka National Park, Fibwe.
Photo: Graeme Ellis
Kakoma workshop, Malimba Area, Chief Mnkhanya.
Photo: Graeme Ellis
Kakoma workshop, Malimba Area, Chief Mnkhanya.
Photo: Graeme Ellis
Kakoma workshop, Malimba Area, Chief Mnkhanya.
Photo: Graeme Ellis
Kakoma workshop, Malimba Area, Chief Mnkhanya.
Photo: Graeme Ellis
Kakoma workshop, Malimba Area, Chief Mnkhanya.
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Sarcophyte sanguinea Sparrm. subsp. pirei (Hutch.) B. Hansen
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Description:
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Plant to 40 cm tall, not smelling. Tuber 5-13 × 5-11 cm, irregularly lobed. Bracts ovate-lanceolate. Male flowers: perianth segments (2-)3(-4), very fleshy; stamens (2-)3(-4), less than half as along as perianth segments. Female flowers: clusters 0.4 - 1.5 cm long, cylindric to ± spherical. |
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piriei: named for Dr J.H.H. Pirie of the East African Medical Staff, a collector of this species |
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Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe; east Africa from Somalia and Ethiopia, to Mozambique and Zimbabwe. |
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Literature:
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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 29. as Sarcophyte sanguinea
Stannard, B.L. (2006). Balanophoraceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(3) Pages 247 - 249. As Sarcophyte sanguinea piriei (Includes a picture).
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2024).
Flora of Malawi: Species information: Sarcophyte piriei. https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=121620, retrieved 13 May 2024
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