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Anthospermum ammannioides
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Upper Northwestern plateau, Mt Gorongosa
Photo: Bart Wursten
Plateau between Mt Binga and Mt Nhamedimu, Chimanimani Mts.
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| Frequency: | Locally very common |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Shrub-like plant, usually single-stemmed, 1-3 m tall. Branches ascending to erect, densely covered with greyish hairs. Leaves in whorls of 3, narrowly (ob)lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, up to c. 6 cm long, more or less densely covered in whitish, short spreading hairs; margin entire, usually flat. Stipular sheath hairy with at least one hairy seta, 1-6.5 mm long. Flowers in dense clusters at the nodes, greenish-yellow, sometimes purple-tinged, unisexual; male and female flowers usually on different plants. Fruit with mericarps oblong to obovate, 1.5-2.5 mm long, hairless, reddish-brown. |
| Notes: | It is a typical constituent of the ecotone between forest and grassland. It may become a dominating species in secondary montane grassland, together with the grass Eragrostis acraea and the bracken fern Pteridium aquilinum. Though not listed in Endemic Plants Species of Zimbabwe (A. Mapaura in Kirkia 18-2, 2002), the restricted distribution of this species would justify this as a near-endemic. |
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| Habitat: | Margins of forest, along streambanks and in bush clumps amongst rocks. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Eastern Zimbabwe and adjacent Mozambique (including Mt Gorongosa). |
| 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: | Sunday 25 September 2011 |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 902. (Includes a picture). 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. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 277. 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 71. Verdcourt, B. (1988). Rubiaceae, Part 1 Flora Zambesiaca 5(1) Page 154. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 98. |
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