Aneilema pedunculosum C.B. Clarke

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Aneilema pedunculosum

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Aneilema pedunculosum

Photo: Bart Wursten
BR

Aneilema pedunculosum

Photo: Bart Wursten
BR

Aneilema pedunculosum

Photo: Bart Wursten
BR

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Synonyms: Floscopa beirensis Kuntze
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Status: Native
Description:
Decumbent perennial herb. Leaves ovate-elliptic, pseudopetiolate. Inflorescence terminal, fairly dense on a hairy axis. Flowers, small, c. 5 mm in diameter, mauve-blue; filaments conspicuously hairy.
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Habitat: In shady places in thickets or forest, sometimes near streams.
Altitude range: (metres) Up to 800 m
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution: Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe distribution: S
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Literature:

Faden, R. (2012). Commelinaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 123 - 124.

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 86.


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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: Aneilema pedunculosum.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=112820, retrieved 28 March 2024

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