Streptocarpus hirticapsa B.L. Burtt
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Slopes towards Mt Nhamudimu, Chimanimani Mts
Photo: Bart Wursten
Slopes towards Mt Nhamudimu, Chimanimani Mts
Photo: Bart Wursten
Saddle above small valley below Nhamudimu, Chimanimani Mts
Photo: Bart Wursten
Saddle above small valley below Nhamudimu, Chimanimani Mts
Photo: Bart Wursten
Saddle above small valley below Nhamudimu, Chimanimani Mts
Photo: Bart Wursten
Saddle above small valley below Nhamudimu, Chimanimani Mts
Photo: Bart Wursten
Saddle above small valley below Nhamudimu, Chimanimani Mts
Photo: Bart Wursten
Saddle above small valley below Nhamudimu, Chimanimani Mts
Species details: Click on each item to see an explanation of that item (Note: opens a new window)
Synonyms:
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Common names:
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Frequency:
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Local |
Status:
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Native |
Description:
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Perennial herb. All parts except flowers with long spreading hears. Leaves several in a loosely arranged tuft, linear-oblong to ovate, up to 10 × 4 cm; margin finely toothed or scalloped. Young leaves sessile, flowering leaf stalked with a pseudopetiole up to 35 mm long. Inflorescences 1 or 2 from the junction of the leaf base and the stalk, few-flowered. Flowers white with magenta-pink stripes and spots on the corolla lobes and in the throat. Capsule 8-15 mm long, densely covered in long spreading hairs, crowned by the persistent style. |
Notes:
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Although several leaves are normally present, one leaf is often much larger than the others, which makes this species often appear as a small single-leaved species at first glance in the field. |
Derivation of specific name:
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hirticapsa: with a hairy capsule. |
Habitat:
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On mountain sides in the shelter of overhanging rocks. |
Altitude range: |
950 - 1800 m |
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Worldwide distribution:
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Chimanimani Mts, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. |
Mozambique distribution:
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MS |
Growth form(s):
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Endemic status:
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Near Endemic |
Red data list status:
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Insects associated with this species:
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Spot characters:
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Display spot characters for this species |
Content last updated: |
Saturday 7 June 2014 |
Literature:
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Hilliard, O.M. & Burtt, B.L. (1971). Streptocarpus, an African Plant Study University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg Pages 248 - 249. (Includes a picture).
Hilliard, O.M. & Burtt, B.L. (1988). Gesneriaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(3) Page 58.
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 54.
Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 92.
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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: Streptocarpus hirticapsa. https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=152670, retrieved 9 December 2019
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