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Gnidia involucrata
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Photo: Bart Wursten
By path from Kopje Tops to Tingwa Raphia Palm Botanical Reserve, Mavhuradonha Wilderness Area
Photo: Bart Wursten
By path from Kopje Tops to Tingwa Raphia Palm Botanical Reserve, Mavhuradonha Wilderness Area
Photo: Bart Wursten
By path from Kopje Tops to Tingwa Raphia Palm Botanical Reserve, Mavhuradonha Wilderness Area
Photo: Bart Wursten
By path from Kopje Tops to Tingwa Raphia Palm Botanical Reserve, Mavhuradonha Wilderness Area
Photo: Bart Wursten
Mavhuradonha Wilderness Area.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Mavhuradonha Wilderness Area.
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| Synonyms: |
Gnidia buchananii Gilg Gnidia huillensis Gilg Gnidia leiantha Gilg Gnidia macrorrhiza Gilg Gnidia mittuorum Gilg Gnidia ringoetii De Wild. & Ledoux Gnidia schweinfurthii Gilg |
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| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial herb, up to c. 1 m high with numerous stems growing from a very thick woody rhizome. Stems and branches hairless, green or reddish or flushed brownish-purple. Leaves alternate, sessile or very shortly petiolate, linear, elliptic or narrowly obovate, 1-3 cm long, light green, blue-green or sometimes reddish, hairless or sometimes with scattered hairs when young; midrib visible beneath. Inflorescence a terminal or axillary head, 1-2 cm in diameter, 4-40-flowered. Bracts usually 5-6, yellowish-green or often reddish to dark brown, elliptic, broadly to almost round, leaf-like, hairless, persistent. Flowers 4-merous (rarely 5-merous), orange-yellow,pink to red or brownish. Calyx tube up to 14 mm long, hairless to densely pubescent above the articulation. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | involucrata: with an involucre, referring to the persistent whorl of broad, overlapping bracts subtending the inflorescence. |
| Habitat: | Open and wooded grassland and stony hills, often in areas exposed to fires. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 600 - 2440 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Nigeria, Cameroon, CAR, DRC, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,E |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Monday 16 May 2016 |
| Literature: |
Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 74 - 75. as Gnidia buchananii (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 276. Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 28. Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 113. 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 80. Peterson, B. (1978). Thymelaeaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 25 - 26. Peterson, B. (updated by Verdcourt, B.) (2006). Thymelaeaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(3) Pages 100 - 101. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 101. |
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