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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Slender perennial herb, up to 45 cm high with milky sap; leaves filiform; flowers axillary in pendent umbels, creamy-white, campanulate. |
Notes: | The specimens in the images (Wursten BW1059, K, SRGH, LMA, BR) represent the first record from Mozambique. |
Derivation of specific name: | rhodesicus: of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). |
Habitat: | Grassland |
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Worldwide distribution: | Restricted to the Chimanimani Mts of Mozambique and Zimbabwe. |
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: | Thursday 13 August 2015 |
Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 51. Goodier, R. & Phipps, J.B. (1961). A revised checklist of the vascular plants of the Chimanimani Mountains Kirkia 1 Page 62. 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 22. 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 47. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 88. |
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