Xyris schliebenii Poelln.
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Northwestern slopes below Mt Dombe, Chimanimani Mts.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Northwestern slopes below Mt Dombe, Chimanimani Mts.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Northwestern slopes below Mt Dombe, Chimanimani Mts.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Northwestern slopes below Mt Dombe, Chimanimani Mts.
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Status:
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Native |
Description:
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This species is generally very similar to Xyris rubella but can be distinguished by the smooth, not finely wrinkled sheaths and laminas; the incurved, obtuse or mucronate (not straight and aristate) leaf laminas, and in the more strongly keeled, emarginate and apiculate fertile bracts. |
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Derivation of specific name:
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schliebenii: Hans-Joachim Eberhardt Schlieben (1902-1975), German botanist, photographer, and writer who collected in Tanzania and South Africa. |
Habitat:
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Seasonally wet grassland and on or around rocky outcrops. |
Altitude range: (metres) |
300 - 2200 m |
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Worldwide distribution:
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Angola, Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe but may be more widespread in tropical Africa. Often growing together and mixed in collections with X. rubella. |
Zimbabwe distribution:
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W,C,E,S |
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Spot characters:
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Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: |
Friday 5 December 2014 |
Literature:
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Lock, J.M. (2010). Xyridaceae Flora Zambesiaca 13(4) Pages 30 - 31.
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 112.
Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 87.
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-23
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2023).
Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Xyris schliebenii. https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=112290, retrieved 28 March 2023
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