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Ceropegia chimanimaniensis
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Slopes towards Mt Nhamudimu, Chimanimani Mts
Photo: Bart Wursten
Slopes towards Mt Nhamudimu, Chimanimani Mts
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| Frequency: | Local and uncommon |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Slender perennial climbing herb. Leaves filiform, up to c. 3 cm. Flowers very dark purple, lighter maroon to whitish near the inflated base of the corolla tube. Corolla lobes hairy, fused at the apices to form a "cage". |
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| Habitat: | In grassland and heathland, among rocks. |
| Altitude range: | 1200 - 1700 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Apparently restricted to quartzitic areas in the Chimanimani Mts of Zimbabwe and Mozambique. |
| Mozambique distribution: | MS |
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| Endemic status: | Near Endemic |
| Red data list status: | Vulnerable |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Saturday 7 June 2014 |
| Literature: |
Darbyshire, I., Timberlake, J., Osborne, J., Rokni, S., Matimele, H., Langa. C., Datizua, C., de Sousa, C., Alves, T., Massingue, A., Hadj-Hammou, J., Dhanda, S., Shah, T., Wursten, B. (2019). The endemic plants of Mozambique: diversity and conservation status Phytotaxa 136 Page 80. As Ceropegia chimanimaniensis Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Page 121. Protologue Timberlake, J., Darbyshire, I., Wursten, B., Hadj-Hammou, J., Ballings, P., Mapaura, A., Matimele, H., Banze, A., Chipanga, H., Muassinar, D., Massunde, J., Chelene, I., Osborne, J., Shah, T. (2016). Chimanimani Mountains: Botany and Conservation. Report produced under CEPF Grant 63512. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London. Page 48. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 88. As Ceropegia sp. nov. near C. linearis |
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