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Diplolophium buchananii
buchananii
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Mt Mulanje.
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| Synonyms: |
Physotrichia buchananii Benth. ex Oliv. |
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| Description: |
Robust perennial herb 1-2 m high, stems and leaves often pale grey-green. Leaves hairless, deeply lobed to pinnate; leaflets often lobed or divided again; ultimate segments broadly ovate to narrowly elliptic, 4-6.5 cm long, leathery to somewhat fleshy; margin entire or with 3 teeth at the apex; petiole sheathing or auriculate at the base. Inflorescences in large terminal, subglobose umbels with rays 5-9 cm long. Flowers numerous, small, greenish-white to creamy-yellow. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | buchananii: after John Buchanan (1855 – 1896), Scottish horticulturist, missionary, farmer and plant collector in Malawi, who became Acting British Consul to Central Africa. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Buchanan_(settler). |
| Habitat: | Moist places in rocky grassland and Brachystegia woodland. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Southern Malawi and northern parts of Mozambique. |
| Malawi distribution: | S |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Saturday 14 September 2019 |
| Literature: |
Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 52 - 53. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 61. as Diplolophium buchananii (Includes a picture). Cannon, J.F.M. (1978). Apiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Pages 602 - 603. Strugnell, A.M. (2002). Endemics of Mt. Mulanje. The endemic spermatophytes of Mt. Mulanje, Malawi Systematics and Geography of Plants 72 Page 20. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 41. |
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