Triaspis hypericoides (DC.) Burch.
subsp. nelsonii (Oliv.) Immelman
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Photo: Coleen Mannheimer
Karos camp, Etosha National Park
Photo: Coleen Mannheimer
Karos camp, Etosha National Park
Photo: Coleen Mannheimer
Karos camp, Etosha National Park
Photo: Coleen Mannheimer
Karos camp, Etosha National Park
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Synonyms:
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Triaspis nelsonii Oliv. subsp. nelsonii
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Description:
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Erect, suberect, scandent or straggling shrub up to 1 m high. Leaves nearly sessile or petiole less than 5 mm long; lamina 1.5-3.5 cm long, ovate or oblong-ovate, pale green or glaucous; apex usually finely apiculate; underside usually with 2-4 small glands near the base. Flowers distinctly zygomorphic. Petals 8-10 mm, obovate, ± spathulate, mauve, purplish or purplish-blue, fimbriate and shortly unguiculate. Ovary densely sericeous. Samara with lateral wing 2-4 cm in diameter, circular, slightly notched at the apex; dorsal wing obliquely lanceolate. |
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Worldwide distribution:
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Namibia, Zimbabwe and South Africa |
Zimbabwe distribution:
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W,S |
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Tuesday 1 August 2017 |
Literature:
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Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 35.
Launert, E. (1963). Malpighiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Pages 118 - 119. As Triaspis nelsonii nelsonii
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 60.
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg):
Triaspis hypericoidesAfrican Plant Database:
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Triaspis hypericoidesKew Herbarium catalogue:
Triaspis hypericoidesMansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops:
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Triaspis hypericoidesWikipedia:
Triaspis hypericoides
Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-21
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2021).
Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Triaspis hypericoides subsp. nelsonii. https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=133600, retrieved 28 February 2021
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