Stellaria mannii Hook. f.

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Forested slopes between Nhandore peak and Nhamassa River, Mt Gorongosa, Mozambique

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Status:	Native
Description:	Weak procumbent or ascending herb. Leaves up to 4.5 × 3 cm, ovate, with scattered glandular hairs on both surfaces; petiole up to 2.5 cm. Flowers in lax terminal inflorescences, densely glandular hairy. Petals white, bifid c. 1/3 down. Capsule spherical, opening at the apex into 6 valves.
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Derivation of specific name:	mannii: after Gustav Mann (1836-1916), British colonial representative in the Gulf of Guinea, who collected plants in that area.
Habitat:	On the forest floor in evergreen forest.
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Worldwide distribution:	Cameroon, DRC, Sao Tome, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe. Also in Madagascar.
Malawi distribution:	S
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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 125. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 52. 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 32. Wild, H. (1960-1). Caryophyllaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(2) Page 349.

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