Afrohybanthus latifolius (De Wild.) Flicker
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Road to Chiniziua River, Muanza.
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Road to Chiniziua River, Muanza.
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Near Nhagutua Ranger Post, Gorongosa National Park, Cheringoma
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Along track from rangerpost to old Urema River crossing, Gorongosa National Park, Muanza
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Along track from rangerpost to old Urema River crossing, Gorongosa National Park, Muanza
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Stream at boundary with Coutada 10, Coutada 12
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Stream at boundary with Coutada 10, Coutada 12
Photo: Bart Wursten
Stream at boundary with Coutada 10, Coutada 12
Species details: Click on each item to see an explanation of that item (Note: opens a new window)
Synonyms:
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Hybanthus enneaspermus (L.) F. Muell. var. latifolius (De Wild.) Engl. Ionidium enneaspermum (L). Vent. var. latifolium De Wild.
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Common names:
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Lady's Slipper (English)
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Frequency:
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Locally frequent |
Status:
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Native |
Description:
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Erect perennial, sometimes annual herb, usually up to 60 cm tall. Leaves alternate, 2-6.5 cm long, in this variety more or less broadly elliptic, hairless or sparsely pubescent; margin shallowly serrate. Flowers solitary in the leaf axils on a pedicel up to 1.8 mm long, rose-pink to violet or bluish, normally with darker streaks and white in the centre; lower petal up to 2 × 2 cm, almost square with a short blunt spur. Fruit a 3-sided capsule, 5-8 mm long, pale yellow, hairless. |
Notes:
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This species rarely grows into a spindly shub up to 3 m tall |
Derivation of specific name:
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latifolius: with broad leaves. |
Habitat:
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Along forest margins, in woodland and grassland. |
Altitude range: |
Up to 500 m |
Flowering time: | All year |
Worldwide distribution:
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West and Central Africa, southern Tanzania and Mozambique. |
Mozambique distribution:
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MS |
Growth form(s):
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Endemic status:
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Red data list status:
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Insects associated with this species:
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Pardopsis punctatissima (Larval foodplant)
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Spot characters:
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Display spot characters for this species |
Content last updated: |
Friday 29 April 2016 |
Literature:
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Flicker, B.J. & Ballard Jr, H.E. (2015). Afrohybanthus (Violaceae), a new genus for a distinctive and widely distributed Old World hybanthoid lineage Phytotaxa 230(1) Page 48.
Robson, N.K.B. (1960). Violaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1) Pages 254 - 258. (Includes a picture).
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Afrohybanthus latifolius
Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-24
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2024).
Flora of Mozambique: Species information: Afrohybanthus latifolius. https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=178730, retrieved 13 December 2024
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