Anthospermum whyteanum Britten

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Along road to Chosi View, Nyika National Park

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Chozi View Point, Nyika National Park

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Synonyms:	Anthospermum albohirtum Mildbr.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Multi-stemmed dwarf shrub with much-branched stems up to 1 m long, often shorter. Branches and leaves densely covered in whitish spreading hairs. Leaves in whorls of 3, sessile, spreading to ascending, linear-lanceolate to narrowly ovate, 3-11 mm long; margins strongly rolled under. Flowers in 3-9-flowered clusters, greenish-yellow to creamy-yellow, often marked with red.
Notes:	It is worth noting that the author in the protologue is Britten and this is followed by us and in most literature, however, several online databases such as IPNI and Plants of the World Online use Hiern as author citing the same protologue.
Derivation of specific name:	whyteanum: after Alexander Whyte (1834-1908), Scottish explorer and botanist who collected plants in Liberia, Kenya, Malawi and Uganda, He was curator of the Entebbe Botanic Garden and head of the Scientific Department in Zomba, Malawi.
Habitat:	On rocky outcrops.
Altitude range:	1250 - 2500 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Southern Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Malawi distribution:	N,C,S
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Content last updated:	Saturday 29 September 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 238. (Includes a picture). Carruthers, W. (ed.) (1894). Plants of Milanji, Nyasa-Land. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 2nd series: Botany 4 Pages 16 - 17. Protologue Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 6. Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 99. using Hiern as author 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 71. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 87. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 160. Verdcourt, B. (1988). Rubiaceae, Part 1 Flora Zambesiaca 5(1) Pages 155 - 156. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 98.

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