Tarchonanthus trilobus DC.
var. galpinii (Hutch. & E. Phillips) Paiva
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Photo: Mark Hyde
National Botanic Garden, Harare
Photo: Bart Wursten
Mt Susurumba, Juliasdale.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Mt Susurumba, Juliasdale.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Mt Susurumba, Juliasdale.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Mt Susurumba, Juliasdale.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Mt Susurumba, Juliasdale.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Mt Susurumba, Juliasdale.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Mt Susurumba, Juliasdale.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Mt Susurumba, Juliasdale.
Species details: Click on each item to see an explanation of that item (Note: opens a new window)
Synonyms:
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Tarchonanthus galpinii Hutch. & E. Phillips
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Common names:
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Broad-leaved camphor bush (English)
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Frequency:
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Status:
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Native |
Description:
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Shrub or small tree up to c.8 m. Leaves: petiole usually 10-23 mm; lamina up to 18 ± 7 cm, obovate-elliptic to oblong-obovate upper surface bullate, eglandular; lower surface whitish with prominent nerves; base cuneate; apex rounded (in var. galpinii) margin often irregularly dentate towards apex. Male capitula with 10-16 florets. Female capitula with 1 floret; achenes c.2.5-3(-5) mm, ± flattened-obovoid, densely covered in long, sericeous-woolly hairs. |
Notes:
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Derivation of specific name:
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trilobus: apex of leaf 3-lobed (only applies to the South African var. trilobus) |
Habitat:
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Dry rocky hillsides and evergreen forest margins |
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Worldwide distribution:
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South Africa, Eswatini and Zimbabwe |
Mozambique distribution:
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M |
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Endemic status:
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Spot characters:
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Content last updated: |
Sunday 20 January 2019 |
Literature:
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Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 1022. (Includes a picture).
Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 278.
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 28.
Pope, G.V. (1992). Compositae Flora Zambesiaca 6(1) Pages 10 - 11. (Includes a picture).
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-23
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
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Flora of Mozambique: Species information: Tarchonanthus trilobus var. galpinii. https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=159090, retrieved 25 March 2023
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