Justicia stachytarphetoides
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Base of Mt Bunga, northwestern Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Base of Mt Bunga, northwestern Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Base of Mt Bunga, northwestern Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Base of Mt Bunga, northwestern Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Base of Mt Bunga, northwestern Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Base of Mt Bunga, northwestern Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Base of Mt Bunga, northwestern Gorongosa National Park.
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| Synonyms: |
Duvernoia stachytarphetoides Lindau |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Erect shrubby herb up to 1.5 m tall. Leaves ovate to elliptic, 4.5-15 cm long, mostly hairless or finely velvety on the midrib; petiole up to 2.5 cm long. Inflorescence branched, terminal with branches spicate, more or less densely hairy. Bracts and bracteoles lanceolate-elliptic, 4-8 mm long, densely greyish hairy.Flowers greenish-white, salmon-pink or greyish-purple; upper lip strongly hooded; lower lip deflexed, white to yellowish with pink to purple markings, deeply 3-lobed with mid-lobe broadly triangular and side lobes strap-shaped. |
| Type location: |
Tanzania |
| Notes: | The location of the specimens in the images is the southernmost in the distribution of the species. |
| Derivation of specific name: | stachytarphetoides: resembling a Stachytarpheta (Verbenaceae), probably referring to the terminal inflorescence with spike-like branches and overlapping bracts. |
| Habitat: | Evergreen and semi-deciduous low-altitude forest, riverine and swamp forest. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 5 - 400 m |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique |
| FZ divisions: | N,Z,MS |
| Growth form(s): | |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Thursday 11 June 2015 |
| Literature: |
Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2010). Acanthaceae (Part 2) Flora of Tropical East Africa Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Pages 527 - 528. Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2015). Acanthaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 8(6) Page 176. |
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