Crossandra greenstockii
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Photo: Ton Rulkens
Namaacha district, Maputo province.
Photo: Ton Rulkens
Namaacha district, Maputo province.
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Pyrophytic perennial with unbranched stems up to 50 cm high, growing from a creeping woody rootstock. Leaves mostly in a basal rosette, sessile, elliptic to obovate 6-25 cm long, some opposite smaller leaves also along the stems; margin entire, rarely finely toothed. Inflorescence a spike 2-10cm long on a pubescent peduncle 2-24 cm long. Bracts ovate to elliptic, 12-25 mm long, with a recurved sharp tip 1.5-6 mm long, more or less densely velvety and with white capitate glands; each side of the bract 2-7 spreading teeth, 1-6 mm long. Corolla salmon pink to pale red or scarlet with capitate glands; tube 18-25 mm long, straight. |
| Type location: |
South Africa |
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| Derivation of specific name: | greenstockii: named after Canon William Greenstock (1830?-1912), clergyman, teacher and plant collector in South Africa. |
| Habitat: | In Acacia bushland and grassland, prone to veldfires. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 800 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Southern Mozambique, Eswatini and South Africa. |
| FZ divisions: | M |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Monday 17 October 2016 |
| Literature: |
Vollesen, K. (2013). Acanthaceae (Part 1) Flora Zambesiaca 8(5) Pages 99 - 100. |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Crossandra greenstockiiAfrican Plant Database: Crossandra greenstockii
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Crossandra greenstockii
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Crossandra greenstockii
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Crossandra greenstockii
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