Dissotis swynnertonii (Baker f.) A. Fern. & R. Fern.

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Path to Mt Pheza, Chimanimani National Park, Mozambique

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Synonyms:	Osbeckia swynnertonii Baker f. Pseudosbeckia swynnertonii (Baker f.) A. & R. Fern.
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Frequency:	Locally frequent
Status:	Native
Description:	Shrub up to c. 2 m high. Young branches 4-angled, more or less densely set with whitish-yellow bristly hairs. Leaves opposite often mostly towards the ends of branches, elliptic, oblong-ovate to ovate, up to c. 5 × 2.5 cm, 3-5-veined from the base, somewhat stiff, discolorous, dark green and with appressed bristly hairs above, much paler yellowish-green beneath and bristly particularly on the midrib and veins; margin subentire to finely scalloped; petiole 4-8 mm long, bristly. Flowers terminal, solitary or in few-flowered heads; pedicels and calyx bristly. Petals up to 3 × 2.7 cm, violet-purple, ciliate at the margin. stamens all similar, golden yellow. Capsule spherical, with stiff appressed hairs on the upper part.
Notes:	Although the species is nowadays considered as part of Dissotis again, it is clearly distinguished from other Dissotis spp. by the uniform stamens.
Derivation of specific name:	swynnertonii: named after Charles Francis Massey Swynnerton (1877-1938), well-known naturalist, who first recorded and collected many species of flora and fauna in and around the Chirinda Forest
Habitat:	On rocky slopes, in Brachystegia woodland and along streams and rivers.
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Worldwide distribution:	Restricted to the Chimanimani Mts of Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
Zimbabwe distribution:	E
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Endemic status:	Near Endemic
Red data list status:	Lower Risk - near threatened
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Content last updated:	Saturday 3 September 2011
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Flora of Mozambique: Dissotis swynnertonii
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Dissotis swynnertonii
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Dissotis swynnertonii
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Dissotis swynnertonii
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Dissotis swynnertonii
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Dissotis swynnertonii
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Dissotis swynnertonii
JSTOR Plant Science: Dissotis swynnertonii
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Dissotis swynnertonii
Tropicos: Dissotis swynnertonii
West African Plants database: Dissotis swynnertonii