Laportea alatipes
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Eastern slope above upper Nhamassa River Valley, Mt Gorongosa
Photo: Bart Wursten
Eastern slope above upper Nhamassa River Valley, Mt Gorongosa
Photo: Bart Wursten
Eastern slope above upper Nhamassa River Valley, Mt Gorongosa
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| Synonyms: |
Fleurya alatipes (Hook. f.) N. E. Br. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Annual or short-lived perennial herb, up to 1.5 cm tall. All part with numerous stinging hairs. Leaves ovate 8-15 cm long, acuminate at the apex; margin coarsely serrate with 25-35 teeth each side. Flowers in axillary panicles, unisexual, normally on the same plant. Male flowers in the axils of the lower leaves; female flowers in fan-shaped clusters; panicles up to 20 cm long in the axils of the upper leaves. |
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| Notes: | Note: the specimens in the photos represent the first record for Mozambique. |
| Derivation of specific name: | alatipes: with a winged foot, referring to the winged pedicels of the female flowers. |
| Habitat: | In the understory of montane evergreen forest, growing in shade on the forest floor. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | From Cameroon to Ethiopia and south to Mpumalanga, South Africa. |
| FZ divisions: | MS |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Saturday 7 February 2009 |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 280. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 36. Friis, I. (1991). Urticaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(6) Pages 90 - 93. (Includes a picture). Harris, T., Darbyshire, I. & Polhill, R. (2011). New species and range extensions from Mt Namuli, Mt Mabu and Mt Chiperone in northern Mozambique Kew Bulletin 66(2) Page 250. 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 82. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 238. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 182. Troupin, G. (1978). Urticaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume I Page 157. |
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