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Hypoestes triflora
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Southern Loop, Nyika National Park
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Southern Loop, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Southern Loop, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Southern Loop, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Southern Loop, Nyika National Park
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| Synonyms: |
Hypoestes consanguinea Lindau Hypoestes kilimandscharica Lindau Hypoestes phaylopsoides S. Moore Hypoestes rosea sensu Clarke p.p. non P. Beauv. Justicia triflora Forssk. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Creeping or scrambling herb, usually perennial, with stems up to 3 mlong,often rooting at the lower nodes. Leaves ovate, elliptic or lanceolate, 1.5-14 cm long, one leaf in an opposite pair larger than the other, margin, crenate-serrate or almost entire; petiole 0.7-6 cm long. Inflorescences terminal and axillary, clusters 1-4-flowered,sometimes together forming verticils at the end of the stem. Bracts leaf-like, ovate to oblanceolate, up to 20 mm long; bracteoles broadly obovate to oblong-elliptic, 7.5-18.5 mm long, one in a pair larger than the other, variously hairy, sometimes only on the margins. Calyx divided almost to the base, 5-lobed with lobes linear-lanceolate, 2-8 mm long. Corolla 17-32 mm long, 2-lipped, white to mauve with dark purple markings. Capsule 10.5-15-5 mm long, finely velvety towards the apex. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | triflora: with 3 flowers, not an exact reference to the number of flowers together in a cluster. |
| Habitat: | In clearings and along margins of montane forest, in dense scrub along streams or roadsides and in riverine forest. |
| Altitude range: | 1100 - 2330 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in tropical africa, Eswatini and South Africa but oddly absent from the mountains of Mozambique and Zimbabwe. Also in southern Arabia, India to China and Thailand. |
| Malawi distribution: | N,C,S |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Wednesday 26 September 2018 |
| Literature: |
Champluvier, D. (1985). Acanthaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume III Pages 459 - 460. (Includes a picture). Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2015). Acanthaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 8(6) Pages 296 - 298. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 19. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 34. |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Hypoestes trifloraBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Hypoestes triflora
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Hypoestes triflora
Plants of the World Online: Hypoestes triflora
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