Chironia krebsii Griseb.
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Higher slopes Mt Nyangani, Nyanga National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Higher slopes Mt Nyangani, Nyanga National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Higher slopes Mt Nyangani, Nyanga National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Higher slopes Mt Nyangani, Nyanga National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Higher slopes Mt Nyangani, Nyanga National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Higher slopes Mt Nyangani, Nyanga National Park
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Synonyms:
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Chironia densiflora Scott Elliot Chironia palustris sensu Knobl. in Bot. Zentralbl. 60: 329 (1894) p.p., non Burch.
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Status:
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Native |
Description:
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Perennial herb 40–70 cm tall, sometimes with a creeping rhizome. Stem unbranched, erect. Leaves mostly clustered at the base, often with 1–3 pairs along the stem; basal ones oblanceolate to linear-spathulate, 9–30 cm long; the ones along the stem usually linear to linear-lanceolate, 2.5–14 cm long. Flowers in a terminal branched head on pedicels 1–3 cm long, magenta, rose-pink to red, rarely white. Corolla tube cylindric, 7–10 mm long; lobes oblong-lanceolate, 5–13 mm long. Capsule narrowly ovoid 9–12 mm long. |
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Derivation of specific name:
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krebsii: after Georg Ludwig Engelhard Krebs (1792-1844), German apothecary, naturalist, chemist, botanist and prolific collector in the Eastern Cape, Madagascar, Mauritania, and Réunion. |
Habitat:
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In marshy ground. |
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Worldwide distribution:
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Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and South Africa. |
Mozambique distribution:
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MS |
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Spot characters:
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Content last updated: |
Monday 24 December 2018 |
Literature:
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Paiva, J. & Nogueira, I. (1990). Gentianaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(4) Pages 32 - 34. (Includes a picture).
Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 75.
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-19
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2019).
Flora of Mozambique: Species information: Chironia krebsii. https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=144780, retrieved 16 February 2019
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