Cordylostigma longifolium (Klotzsch) Groeninckx & Dessein

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Near Nhabawa Village, Lower Chimanimani Mts, Mozambique

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Vilankulo, Inhambane, Mozambique

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Synonyms:	Kohautia longifolia Klotzsch
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Status:	Native
Description:	Erect to somewhat straggling or decumbent annual or perennial herb, up to c. 1 m tall. Stems somewhat quadrangular and woody near the base, mostly hairless or sparsely pubescent on the ribs but becoming more densely hairy towards the top. Leaves opposite, linear to linear-lanceolate, up to 9.5 cm long, hairless or somewhat roughly pubescent; margin often rolled under. Flowers in more or less lax branched heads. Corolla 4-lobed, from bright red to various shades of purple, pink, blue or white above, paler, beneath; tube 2.5 - 7 mm long, greenish.
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Derivation of specific name:	longifolia: with long leaves.
Habitat:	Grassland, woodland and disturbed places, often in seasonally wet places.
Altitude range:	Up to 2000 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Northern Somalia, southeastern Kenya, Tanzania, DRC, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Madagascar.
Malawi distribution:	N,C,S
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Literature:	Groeninckx, I., Ochoterena, H., Smets, E. & Dessein, S. (2010). Molecular phylogenetic and morphological study of Kohautia (Spermacoceae, Rubiaceae), with the recognition of the new genus Cordylostigma Taxon 59(5) Page 1466. as Cordylostigma longifolia 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 72. As Kohautia longifolia var. longifolia Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 164. Verdcourt, B. (1988). Rubiaceae, Part 1 Flora Zambesiaca 5(1) Pages 98 - 99.

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