Aeollanthus rehmannii Gürke
Images: Click on each image to see a larger version and details of the record Photo: Bart Wursten Quarry kopje, Cleveland Dam
Photo: Bart Wursten Quarry kopje, Cleveland Dam
Photo: Bart Wursten Nr upper dam, Hillside Dams, Bulawayo
Photo: Bart Wursten Nr upper dam, Hillside Dams, Bulawayo
Photo: Bart Wursten Nr upper dam, Hillside Dams, Bulawayo
Photo: Bart Wursten Backpackers and Overlanders Lodge, Twentydales ext rd, Epworth, Harare
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Synonyms:
Aeollanthus crenatus Moore
Common names:
Frequency:
Common
Status:
Native
Description:
Aromatic perennial herb or subshrub. Stems 1-many, erect or ascending, 15-100 cm long, with recurved hairs. Leaves opposite, ovate, rarely elliptic with prominent veins below; margins crenate-dentate. Inflorescence a lax panicle. Flowers often one-sided on the lateral inflorescence branches. Bracts elliptic, lanceolate or linear, up to 3.5 mm long. Corolla white or pale violet; upper lip subequally 4-lobed with vertical rows of dark violet spots; lower lip boat-shaped, often darker towards the apex.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:
rehmannii: named for Anton Rehmann, 1840-1917, Polish botanist and collector
Habitat:
In shallow soil pockets on rocks.
Altitude range: (metres)
Up to 1700 m
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution:
Western Angola and Namibia in the West; eastern Zambia, southern Tanzania to S Africa in the East.
Zimbabwe distribution:
N,W,C,E,S
Growth form:
P
Endemic status:
Red data list status:
Insects (whose larvae eat this species):
Spot characters:
Display spot characters for this species
Content last updated:
Friday 30 March 2007
Literature:
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Aeollanthus rehmannii EOL (Encyclopedia of Life):
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Aeollanthus rehmannii Kew Herbarium catalogue :
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Aeollanthus rehmannii West African Plants database :
Aeollanthus rehmannii
Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, 2002-13
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. & Ballings, P.
(2013) .
Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Aeollanthus rehmannii. http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=149600, retrieved 23 May 2013
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