Alchemilla kiwuensis Engl.

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Ndundu Lodge, Vumba

Photo: Bart Wursten
By the Swynnerton Memorial, Chirinda Forest

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Frequency:	Locally common
Status:	Native
Description:	Low perennial herb, spreading by slender hairy stolons.Leaves in a basal rosette, petiolate, almost circular to kidney-shaped in outline, deeply 5-9-lobed, covered in spreading white hairs on both surfaces; deeply cordate at the base; margin dentate. Flowers in few-flowered clusters, very small, petals absent; calyx with epicalyx lobes.
Notes:	The leaf-lobes are more deeply cut than in Alchemilla cryptantha and may number more than 7 lobes per leaf. They also form a persistent basal rosette.
Derivation of specific name:	kiwuensis: of the Kivu area in Rwanda, where the type specimen was found.
Habitat:	In moist grassland and along the edges of evergreen forest often near streams.
Altitude range: (metres)	1150 - 2000 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Cameroon, DRC, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe distribution:	E
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Content last updated:	Friday 3 February 2012
Literature:	Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 98. Mapaura, A & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 70. Mendes, E.J. (1978). Rosaceae FZ 4 Pages 32 - 33. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 86.

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Other sources of information about Alchemilla kiwuensis:

Flora of Mozambique: Alchemilla kiwuensis
African Plant Database: Alchemilla kiwuensis
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Alchemilla kiwuensis
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Alchemilla kiwuensis
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Alchemilla kiwuensis
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Alchemilla kiwuensis
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Alchemilla kiwuensis
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Alchemilla kiwuensis
JSTOR Plant Science: Alchemilla kiwuensis
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Alchemilla kiwuensis
Tropicos: Alchemilla kiwuensis
West African Plants database: Alchemilla kiwuensis