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Bersama abyssinica
engleriana
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Along road between Kaperekeza turn-off and Chelinda, Nyika National Park
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| Synonyms: |
Bersama englerana Gürke |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
See Bersama abyssinica for general description details. This subspecies differs in the rhachis being winged, undersides of the leaves mostly hairless or with a few hairs on the midrib and lateral veins and the leaflets with the margins entire or deeply toothed. The flowers are generally larger with petals up to 18 mm long and the calyx with golden hairs or pink-tinged. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | abyssinica: of Abyssinia (Ethiopia); engleriana: after Dr Prof Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler (1844-1930), German Director of the Royal Botanical Gardens in Berlin, who promoted botanical exploration in Africa |
| Habitat: | In evergreen thicket and forest, sometimes in fire-protected Brachystegia woodland. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Nigeria, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
| Malawi distribution: | N,C,S |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Wednesday 7 November 2018 |
| 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 210. Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 542. (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 20. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 257. As Bersama abyssinica englerana 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 62. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 122. White, F. (1966). Melianthaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(2) Pages 545 - 546. As Bersama abyssinica englerana |
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Flora of Zimbabwe: Bersama abyssinica subsp. engleriana
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