Dicliptera melleri Rolfe

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Dicliptera melleri

Photo: Bart Wursten
Halfway House, near Headlands

Dicliptera melleri

Photo: Bart Wursten
Halfway House, near Headlands

Dicliptera melleri

Photo: Bart Wursten
Bonda Road, Nyanga

Dicliptera melleri

Photo: Bart Wursten
Bonda Road, Nyanga

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Synonyms: Diapedium melleri (Rolfe) S. Moore
Peristrophe mellerioides Merxm.
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Status: Native
Description:
Decumbent or procumbent pyrophytic perennial herb. Leaves immature at flowering; lamina 1.5-5 cm long, oblong-elliptic or oblanceolate or rarely linear. Inflorescence of numerous cymules arranged in umbels aggregated into dense conical or cylindric heads. Cymule bracts with length to width ratio 1.2-1.5:1; larger bract 7-10.5 mm long, pale green with hyaline margin, sometimes with a pale ‘window’. Corolla 12.5-16 mm long, white or greenish-cream, with purple or blackish guidelines. Seeds smooth except for minute reticulation.
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Habitat: Occurring in dry open ground, often appearing after fire
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Flowering time:Sep - Oct
Worldwide distribution: Tanzania, DRC, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe and Mozambique
Zimbabwe distribution: N,W,C,E,S
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Images last updated: Wednesday 5 August 2009
Literature:

Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2015). Acanthaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 8(6) Pages 280 - 281.

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 13.


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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: Dicliptera melleri.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=154190, retrieved 29 March 2024

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