Huernia verekeri Stent
subsp. pauciflora (L.C. Leach) Bruyns
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Photo: Bart Wursten
On the rim of Archway Gorge, Mweredzi River, Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
On the rim of Archway Gorge, Mweredzi River, Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
On the rim of Archway Gorge, Mweredzi River, Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
On the rim of Archway Gorge, Mweredzi River, Gorongosa National Park.
Species details: Click on each item to see an explanation of that item (Note: opens a new window)
Synonyms:
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Huernia verekeri Stent var. pauciflora L.C. Leach
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Common names:
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Frequency:
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Local and uncommon. |
Status:
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Native |
Description:
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See subsp. verekeri for general details and comparison. This subsp. is characterised by the long prostrate stems which are more rounded and set with much shorter tubercles. |
Notes:
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This species was so far only known from an area south of Mambone near the mouth of the Save River. The specimen in the images was found more than 500 km further north and is a first record from the MS division. |
Derivation of specific name:
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verekeri: named after Louis Stanhope Amos Vereker (1874-1948), a Rhodesian farmer, who collected the type specimen of subsp. verekeri.
pauciflora: with few flowers. |
Habitat:
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Growing in shade of forest-like thickets dominated by short Androstachys johnsonii. |
Altitude range: |
Up to 60 m |
Flowering time: | |
Worldwide distribution:
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So far only known from Mozambique. |
Mozambique distribution:
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MS,GI |
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: |
Sunday 19 May 2013 |
Literature:
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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 80.
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Other sources of information about Huernia verekeri subsp. pauciflora:
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg):
Huernia verekeriBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library):
Huernia verekeriEOL (Encyclopedia of Life):
Huernia verekeriePIC (electronic Plant Information Center):
Huernia verekeriFlora Zambesiaca web site:
Huernia verekeriGBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility):
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Huernia verekeriIPNI (International Plant Names Index):
Huernia verekeriJSTOR Plant Science:
Huernia verekeriKew Herbarium catalogue:
Huernia verekeriMansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops:
Huernia verekeriPlants of the World Online:
Huernia verekeriTropicos:
Huernia verekeriWikipedia:
Huernia verekeri
Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-21
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2021).
Flora of Mozambique: Species information: Huernia verekeri subsp. pauciflora. https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=203930, retrieved 28 February 2021
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