Dicliptera aculeata C.B. Clarke

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Between Malangalanga and Area 3, Lilongwe

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Synonyms:	Peristrophe aculeata (C.B. Clarke) Brummitt Peristrophe bicalyculata sensu Clerke, non (Retz.) Nees Peristrophe hensii Sensu da Silva et Al., non C.B. Clarke
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Status:	Native
Description:	Straggling or erect perennial herb, with 6-angled stems up to 2 m long growing from a woody rootstock. Leaves often immature or absent at time of flowering, lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 2-15 cm long, mostly hairless or shortly hispid on margin and vins beneath; petiole 1-8 mm long. Inflorescences axillary and terminal, lax or congested, 1-2 umbels per axil, together forming one large branched inflorescence on mostly leafless branches. Bracts green in more or less unequal pairs, linear-lanceolate, 6-24 mm long, usually with scattered glands; margin hyline towards the base. Calyx with lobes 3-8 mm long; ciliate; margin hyaline. Corolla 16-30 mm long, pink or purple, rarely white with purple guidelines, with scattered glands and pubescent outside; tube 7-11 mm long; upper lip oblong, 8.5-19 mm long; lower lip elliptic, 8-20 mm long. Capsule 9.5-16 mm long, with sparse mixed glands and hairs at least towards the apex.
Type location:	Malawi
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Habitat:	In miombo woodland on sandy soils,often in seasonally wet areas, among scrub on riverbanks and in grassland, in secondary woodland and along roadsides.
Altitude range: (metres)	450 - 1800 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia.
FZ divisions:	N,Z,T
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Insects associated with this species:	Sarangesa motozi (Larval foodplant) Sarangesa seineri (Larval foodplant)
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Images last updated:	Sunday 14 October 2018
Literature:	Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 51. as Peristrophe aculeata (Includes a picture). Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 19. As Peristrophe hensii Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2015). Acanthaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 8(6) Pages 294 - 295.

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