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Photo: Mike Bingham
Lusaka, Protea Hill Farm, grown from tubers from Regional Research Station, Mansa, January 2002.
Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Cultivated at Dabuyu Farms, Plot 67, Farm 401a Lilayi, Lusaka from material collected at Kachubwa village, Katete District, Eastern Province Zambia
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Walleria mackenzii J.Kirk |
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Description: |
Tepals blue; Anthers blue with yellow tips and base. Leaves ovate. |
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Derivation of specific name: | mackenziei : Bishop Mackenzie, who was stationed at a mission in Malawi, near to where the type specimen was collected, by Waller, in 1864s |
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Flowering time: | Nov - Dec |
Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Katanga Province of D.R. Congo, Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi and northern Zambia. |
Mozambique distribution: | N |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Literature: |
Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 246 - 247. (Includes a picture). Cowley, E.J. & Brummitt, R.K. (2001). Tecophilaeaceae Flora Zambesiaca 12(3) Pages 20 - 21. (Includes a picture). Moriarty, A. (1975). Wild Flowers of Malawi Purnell & sons Cape Town. Pages 33 - 34. (Includes a picture). |
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