Justicia sp. A cf. engleriana Lindau
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Forested slopes below Nhandore peak, Mt Gorongosa.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Forested slopes below Nhandore peak, Mt Gorongosa.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Forested slopes below Nhandore peak, Mt Gorongosa.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Forested slopes below Nhandore peak, Mt Gorongosa.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Forested slopes below Nhandore peak, Mt Gorongosa.
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Common names:
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Frequency:
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Known only from the above specimen |
Status:
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Native |
Description:
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Erect perennial herb up to c. 55 cm tall. Inflorescences of erect, pedunculate, bracteose, 1-sided spikes in the upper leaf axils. Bracts pale whitish green with darker green marginal area, ovate, 5-veined from the base, pubescent. Corolla 2-lipped; upper lip broadly ovate erect, slightly forming an open hood, greenish white, pubescent on the outside; lower lip 3-lobed, white with purple spotting in the throat and on the midlobe. |
Notes:
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The specimen in the photographs was collected by John and Sandie Burrows (9902, BNRH) and sent to Kai Vollesen and Iain Darbyshire at KEW. It represents a new species close to the East African species Justicia engleriana Lindau. It is as yet undescribed and has been treated as “sp. A” in Flora Zambesiaca Vol. 8-6: 187-188 (2015), with more material including fruits needed. The species is so far only known from this specimen from Mt Gorongosa but is possibly matched by a sterile specimen from Mt Namuli. |
Derivation of specific name:
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Habitat:
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In understorey of evergreen forest |
Altitude range: |
1150 m (approx) |
Flowering time: | Feb - Mar |
Worldwide distribution:
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Mozambique |
Mozambique distribution:
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Z?,MS |
Growth form(s):
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Endemic status:
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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: |
Wednesday 30 May 2012 |
Literature:
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Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2015). Acanthaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 8(6) Pages 187 - 188.
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg):
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Justicia sp. A cf. engleriana
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: Justicia sp. A cf. engleriana. https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=194860, retrieved 4 November 2024
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