Pachycarpus bisacculatus (Oliv.) Goyder
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Photo: Bill Clarke
In Seven Acres, Val D'Or, to the left of the path leading to Big Rock
Photo: Bill Clarke
In Seven Acres, Val D'Or, to the left of the path leading to Big Rock
Photo: Bill Clarke
In Seven Acres, Val D'Or, to the left of the path leading to Big Rock
Photo: Bill Clarke
In Seven Acres, Val D'Or, to the left of the path leading to Big Rock
Photo: Bill Clarke
In Seven Acres, Val D'Or, to the left of the path leading to Big Rock
Photo: Robert Plowes
Ziwa ruins, Nyanga
Photo: Bart Wursten
Arcturus rd near turn-off to Val d'Or Estate.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Arcturus rd near turn-off to Val d'Or Estate.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Arcturus rd near turn-off to Val d'Or Estate.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Arcturus rd near turn-off to Val d'Or Estate.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Arcturus rd near turn-off to Val d'Or Estate.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Soccerfield clearing at Nhabawa Village, bufferzone Chimanimani National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Soccerfield clearing at Nhabawa Village, bufferzone Chimanimani National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road near Khodzue Gorge Camp
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road near Khodzue Gorge Camp
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road near Khodzue Gorge Camp
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road near Khodzue Gorge Camp
Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Saise Valley, Kalambo Farm, Mbala Distr., Northern Province
Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Saise Valley, Kalambo Farm, Mbala Distr., Northern Province
Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Saise Valley, Kalambo Farm, Mbala Distr., Northern Province
Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Saise Valley, Kalambo Farm, Mbala Distr., Northern Province
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Synonyms:
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Gomphocarpus bisacculatus Oliv. Pachycarpus lineolatus sensu Bullock non Decne.
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Status:
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Native |
Description:
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Perennial herb with annual stems, growing from a cluster of fleshy tubers. Stem erect or ascending, usually single, unbranched, up to 1.5 m tall, sometimes branching near the base, densely pubescent with spreading white hairs. Leaves opposite, shortly petiolate, lanceolate, ovate to oblong, up to 12 × 7 cm, with slightly rough spreading white hairs on both surfaces, cordate or truncate at the base; margin with minute rough hairs. Inflorescences terminal and extra-axillary, 4-8(-14)-flowered secund umbels. Corolla spreading to saucer-shaped, brownish-purple and densely pubescent outside, pale green with purple-brown lines inside. Lobes up to 15 × 10 mm, ovate, pointed, minutely papillate and with short hairs towards the apex and margins. Corona lobes cream or pink with a purple tip, almost as broad as long apparently folded into a pouch, lower than the staminal column. Follicle erect on a twisted pedicel, up to 12 × 7 cm, ovoid or fusiform, usually inflated, without wings or ridges, pubescent. |
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Habitat:
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In seasonally waterlogged grassland and in Brachystegia or mixed deciduous woodland. |
Altitude range: (metres) |
Up to 2500 m |
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Worldwide distribution:
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From Guinea Bissau to Sudan and Ethiopia and South to Angola Zimbabwe and Mozambique. |
Zimbabwe distribution:
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N,W,C,E,S |
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Spot characters:
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Images last updated: |
Saturday 12 February 2011 |
Literature:
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Goyder, D.J. (1998). A revision of Pachycarpus E. Mey. in tropical Africa with notes on the genus in southern Africa Kew Bulletin 53 Pages 347 - 351. (Includes a picture).
Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Pages 305 - 307. (Includes a picture).
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 21.
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2024).
Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Pachycarpus bisacculatus. https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=145780, retrieved 29 March 2024
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