Paralepistemon shirensis (Oliv.) Lejoly & Lisowski

Selected images: Click on each image to see a larger version and details of the record View all images (14)

Photo: Lynne James
Hillside Golf Course, Mutare

Detailed records: Display species records QDS maps by: Google Maps Point records by Google Maps

Species details: Click on each item to see an explanation of that item (Note: opens a new window)

Synonyms:	Ipomoea shirensis Oliv. Porana subrotundifolia De Wild. Rivea shirensis (Oliv.) Hall. f. Turbina shirensis (Oliv.) A. Meeuse
Common names:
Frequency:
Status:	Native
Description:	Robust climber, up to 15 m tall. Stems woody with whitish, short appressed hairs, densely so when young. Leaves broadly ovate-cordate to almost circular, 3.5 - 17 cm long, thinly pubescent above, densely whitish or greyish hairy beneath; margin entire; petiole ip to 12 cm long, slender, densely hairy. Inflorescences few- to many-flowered, 3-10 cm long in the axils of upper leaves, together forming lax terminal heads, sometimes pseudo-umbellate. Flowers white, widely funnel-shaped. Fruit broadly ellipsoid to somewhat obovoid, shortly beaked, densely greyish hairy, indehiscent.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	shirensis: of the Shire Highlands in Malawi where the type specimen was collected.
Habitat:	In sandy soil in woodland, grassland, along forest margins and roadsides.
Altitude range: (metres)	Up to 1150 m
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution:	Angola, DRC, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mpumalanga, South Africa.
Zimbabwe distribution:	N,W,E,S
Growth form(s):	Climber, liane.
Endemic status:
Red data list status:
Insects associated with this species:
Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Images last updated:	Sunday 21 April 2019
Literature:	Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 42. 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 49. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 271. As Turbina shirensis Gonçalves, M.L. (1987). Convolvulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(1) Pages 127 - 129. (Includes a picture). Lejoly, J. & Lisowski, S. (1986). Paralepistemon, nouveau genre de Convolvulaceae d'Afrique tropicale Bulletin du Jardin botanique national de Belgique 56(1/2) Page 197. 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 37. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 44. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 72.

Other sources of information about Paralepistemon shirensis:

Our websites:

Flora of Malawi: Paralepistemon shirensis
Flora of Mozambique: Paralepistemon shirensis
Flora of Zambia: Paralepistemon shirensis

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Paralepistemon shirensis
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Paralepistemon shirensis
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Paralepistemon shirensis
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Paralepistemon shirensis
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Paralepistemon shirensis
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Paralepistemon shirensis
JSTOR Plant Science: Paralepistemon shirensis
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Paralepistemon shirensis
Plants of the World Online: Paralepistemon shirensis
Tropicos: Paralepistemon shirensis
Wikipedia: Paralepistemon shirensis