Walleria mackenziei J. Kirk
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Photo: Mike Bingham
Kabompo Gorge.
Photo: Mike Bingham
Kabompo Gorge.
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:
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Tepals blue; Anthers blue with yellow tips and base. Leaves ovate. |
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Derivation of specific name:
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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 |
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Angola, Katanga Province of D.R. Congo, Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi and northern Zambia. |
Mozambique distribution:
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Literature:
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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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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: Walleria mackenziei. https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=211590, retrieved 23 October 2024
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