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Aeschynomene grandistipulata
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Along path to Mt Pheza, Chimanimani Mts
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along path to Mt Pheza, Chimanimani Mts
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along path to Mt Pheza, Chimanimani Mts
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along path to Mt Pheza, Chimanimani Mts
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along path to Mt Pheza, Chimanimani Mts
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Shrub up to 3 m tall. Young branchlets dark purplish-brown. Leaves somewhat fleshy, bluish-green; leaflets 14-22, oblong-elliptic, 1.2-3 cm long, rounded but mucronulate at the apex; margin entire or sometimes ciliolate. Stipules very large and conspicuous up to 3.7 × 3 cm, ovate-elliptic, hairless,eventually deciduous. Flowers in many-flowered axillary, often branched inflorescences, yellow to orange, purple-veined with a dark reddish patch at the base of the standard. Fruit of 3 semicircular articles, each c. 8 × 5 mm, joined by very narrow necks, hairless or sparsely ciliate. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | grandistipulata: with large stipules |
| Habitat: | In bracken scrub, sandstone crags and on quartzite rock. |
| Altitude range: | 1200 - 2100 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Restricted to the Chimanimani Mts, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. |
| Mozambique distribution: | MS |
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| Endemic status: | NrEnd |
| Red data list status: | LR-nt |
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Wednesday 18 July 2012 |
| Literature: |
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 65. Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 216. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 246. Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 14. SABONET. Pretoria. Page 174. Goodier, R. & Phipps, J.B. (1961). A revised checklist of the vascular plants of the Chimanimani Mountains Kirkia 1 Page 57. 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 46. Mapaura, A. (2002). Endemic Plant Species of Zimbabwe. Kirkia 18(1) Page 140. Verdcourt, B. (1974). Summary of the Leguminosae - Papilionoideae - Hedysareae (sensu lato) of Flora Zambesiaca Kirkia 9(2) Pages 398 - 399. Verdcourt, B. (2000). Papilionoideae FZ 3(6) Page 80. |
Other sources of information about Aeschynomene grandistipulata:
African Plant Database: Aeschynomene grandistipulataBiodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Aeschynomene grandistipulata
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Aeschynomene grandistipulata
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Aeschynomene grandistipulata
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Aeschynomene grandistipulata
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Aeschynomene grandistipulata
JSTOR Plant Science: Aeschynomene grandistipulata
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Aeschynomene grandistipulata
Tropicos: Aeschynomene grandistipulata
West African Plants database: Aeschynomene grandistipulata
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