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Protea enervis
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Photo: Stefaan Dondeyne
Small ravine just inside Mozambique-Zimbabwe border, Chimanimani Mts National Park
Photo: Stefaan Dondeyne
Small ravine just inside Mozambique-Zimbabwe border, Chimanimani Mts National Park
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Suffrutex with simple prostrate stems radiating from a woody rootstock; leaves and heads pointing upwards. Leaves up to 5 mm wide, linear to linear-lanceolate, falcate, acute, glabrous. Heads 4.5-8 cm in diameter; inner bracts shorter to about equalling the flowers. Flowers pink. |
| Notes: | Surprisingly, despite being fairly frequent on the Zimbabwe side of the mountains, this species has so far only once been recorded from the Mozambique side and that only just c. 200 m inside the border (Wursten & Dondeyne BW2066, 2011-05-16, BR). |
| Derivation of specific name: | enervis: without nerves, perhaps referring to the inconspicuous veins on the leaves |
| Habitat: | Montane sandy grassland |
| Altitude range: | 1390 - 2000 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Confined to the Chimanimani mountains of Zimbabwe and Mozambique |
| Mozambique distribution: | MS |
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| Endemic status: | Near Endemic |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Monday 30 August 2021 |
| Literature: |
Beard, J.S. (1963). The genus Protea in Tropical Africa Kirkia 3 Pages 190 - 191. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 103. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 45. Chisumpa, S.M., Brummitt, R.K. & Marner, S. (2006). Proteaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(3) Page 85. 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 92. Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 176. Mapaura, A. (2002). Endemic Plant Species of Zimbabwe. Kirkia 18(1) Page 144. 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 69. Wild, H. (1964). The endemic species of the Chimanimani Mountains and their significance Kirkia 4 Page 137. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 97. |
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