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Ancylanthos rubiginosus
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Photo: Bart Wursten
By road to Hwange NP, Main Camp.
Photo: Bart Wursten
By road to Hwange NP, Main Camp.
Photo: Bart Wursten
By road to Hwange NP, Main Camp.
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| Synonyms: |
Ancylanthos bainesii Hiern Ancylanthos ferrugineus Welw. Ancylanthos fulgidus Welw. ex Hiern |
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| Status: | Native | |
| Description: |
Suffrutex, 30-150 cm tall, with 1-several shoots growing from a woody rootstock. Younger parts conspicuously covered in pale yellowish hairs. Leaves opposite or in whorls of 3, ovate, elliptic or lanceolate-elliptic, discolorous, dark green and roughly pubescent above, velvety below, sometimes obscuring the venation. Stipules triangular at the base with a long narrow appendage c. 5 mm long. Inflorescences 3-10-flowered at the leafless nodes. Calyx densely yellowish-brown pubescent. Corolla 2-2.5 cm long, bright orange-yellow. Fruit ellipsoid, 1.8 × 1.4 cm, yellowish-brown velvety, crowned with the persistent calyx. | |
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| Derivation of specific name: | rubiginosus: rusty | |
| Habitat: | Occurring in various types of woodland on Kalahari sand. | |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 900 - 1400 m | |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe | |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | WS | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species | |
| Content last updated: | Sunday 31 January 2010 |
Other sources of information about Ancylanthos rubiginosus:
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Ancylanthos rubiginosus
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Ancylanthos rubiginosus
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Ancylanthos rubiginosus
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Ancylanthos rubiginosus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Ancylanthos rubiginosus
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Ancylanthos rubiginosus
West African Plants database: Ancylanthos rubiginosus
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