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Biophytum nyikense
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Zovo Chipoli trail, outside the forest, Nyika NAtional Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Zovo Chipoli trail, outside the forest, Nyika NAtional Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Zovo Chipoli trail, outside the forest, Nyika NAtional Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Zovo Chipoli trail, outside the forest, Nyika NAtional Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Zovo Chipoli trail, outside the forest, Nyika NAtional Park.
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| Frequency: | Local and occasional |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Stemless perennial, up to 10 cm high. Leaves in a basal rosette, up to 8 cm long; leaflets up to 10 pairs, obliquely circular, 2-8 mm long, mostly hairless except for the ciliate margins; rhachis pubescent. Flowers in up to 8-flowered umbels, yellow, often with a darker reddish central line, sepals, narrowly lanceolate, 6-7 mm long, glandular pubescent; pedicels up to 5 mm long, glandular pubescent; peduncles 1-3.5 cm long, glandular pubescent, always much shorter than the leaves. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | nyikense: of the Nyika Plateau, where the type specimens was collected. |
| Habitat: | In (sub)montane grassland. |
| Altitude range: | Up to 2450 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Southern Tanzania, northern Malawi and Zambia (Nyika only). |
| Malawi distribution: | N |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Wednesday 2 August 2023 |
| Literature: |
Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 62 - 63. (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 223. (Includes a picture). Exell, A.W. (1963). Oxalidaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Pages 160 - 161. (Includes a picture). Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 82. |
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