Leucas deflexa Hook. f.
var. deflexa
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Tsetsera, Manica, Mozambique.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Tsetsera, Manica, Mozambique.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Tsetsera, Manica, Mozambique.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Tsetsera, Manica, Mozambique.
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Common names:
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Frequency:
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Rare |
Status:
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Native |
Description:
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Erect sparsely branched herb, up to c. 1 m tall. Stems ribbed hairy. Leaves opposite, elliptic-oblong to ovate, up to c. 11 cm, hairy on both surfaces; margin crenate-serrate except near the base. Calyx deflexed, swollen at the base, 8?-toothed. Flowers in 1-4 spaced, subterminal many flowered spherical heads. Corolla up to 7 mm long, 2-lipped; upper lip transparent; lower lip white, notched. Anthers orange. |
Notes:
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This species is probably rare and very local in Zimbabwe. Only one specimen was found at SRGH (Wild, Exell & Mendonça 189, 4 Feb 1955, Banti Forest). The specimen in the photographs (Ballings & Wursten 888, BR) was found only a few km from the border with Zimbabwe. |
Derivation of specific name:
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deflexa: deflexed |
Habitat:
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In clearings, understorey and margins of montane evergreen forest. |
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Worldwide distribution:
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Widespread throughout Africa from Cameroon, Congo, Sudan and Ethiopia to Angola, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. |
Zimbabwe distribution:
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E |
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Endemic status:
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Spot characters:
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Images last updated: |
Sunday 27 July 2008 |
Literature:
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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 55.
Paton, A.J. et al. (2013). Lamiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(8) Pages 53 - 54.
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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: Leucas deflexa var. deflexa. https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=149270, retrieved 24 March 2023
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