Kosteletzkya buettneri Gürke
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Katombora, Zambian side - walk to 2nd embarcation point
Photo: Bart Wursten
Katombora, Zambian side - walk to 2nd embarcation point
Photo: Warren McCleland
About 7 km upstream of Ngonye Falls, Sioma
Photo: Warren McCleland
About 7 km upstream of Ngonye Falls, Sioma
Photo: Warren McCleland
About 7 km upstream of Ngonye Falls, Sioma
Photo: Warren McCleland
About 7 km upstream of Ngonye Falls, Sioma
Photo: Warren McCleland
About 7 km upstream of Ngonye Falls, Sioma
Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Saise Valley, Kalambo Farm, Mbala Distr., Northern Province
Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Saise Valley, Kalambo Farm, Mbala Distr., Northern Province
Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Saise Valley, Kalambo Farm, Mbala Distr., Northern Province
Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Saise Valley, Kalambo Farm, Mbala Distr., Northern Province
Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Saise Valley, Kalambo Farm, Mbala Distr., Northern Province
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Common names:
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Frequency:
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Local |
Status:
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Native |
Description:
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Erect annual or perennial, growing from a rhizomatous rootstock. All parts with stellate hairs. Leaves ovate to lanceolate, becoming linear towards the top of the stems. Flowers up to 4.5 cm in diameter, solitary in the upper leaf axils, white with a yellowish staminal tube. Capsule 8-15 mm in diameter, depressed-spherical. |
Notes:
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Derivation of specific name:
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buettneri: named after a Mr Büttner, who collected the type specimen. |
Habitat:
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A species of river margins and wet, swampy places. |
Altitude range: (metres) |
900 - 1600 m |
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Worldwide distribution:
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West Africa, DRC and south to Namibia |
Zimbabwe distribution:
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N,W,C |
Growth form(s):
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Annual, perennial.
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Endemic status:
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Red data list status:
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Insects associated with this species:
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Spot characters:
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Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: |
Saturday 31 March 2007 |
Literature:
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Exell, A.W. (1961). Malvaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(2) Pages 472 - 474. (Includes a picture).
Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 398. (Includes a picture).
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 61.
Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 84.
Timberlake, J.R. & Childes, S.L. (2004). Biodiversity of the Four Corners Area: Technical Reviews Volume Two (Chapter 5-15) Appendix 5-1: Plant Checklist Occasional Publications in Biodiversity 15 Page 218.
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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: Kosteletzkya buettneri. https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=139710, retrieved 1 April 2023
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