Sopubia karaguensis Oliv.
var. macrocalyx O. J. Hansen

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Sopubia karaguensis var. macrocalyx

Photo: Mark Hyde
Val D'Or

Sopubia karaguensis var. macrocalyx

Photo: Mark Hyde
Val D'Or

Sopubia karaguensis var. macrocalyx

Photo: Mark Hyde
Val D'Or

Sopubia karaguensis var. macrocalyx

Photo: Mark Hyde
Val D'Or

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Status: Native
Description:
Var. macrocalyx differs from var. karaguensis in the calyx being larger (11-15 mm or more long × 7.5-10 mm wide) and appearing inflated and enlarged.
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Habitat: In sandy grassland, swamps and mixed woodland
Altitude range: (metres) 1050 - 1540 m
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Worldwide distribution: Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe distribution: N,W,C,E,S
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Images last updated: Sunday 25 September 2011
Literature:

Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 33.

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 78. Under Scrophulariaceae

Philcox, D. (1990). Scrophulariaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(2) Pages 147 - 149.


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Flora of Malawi: Sopubia karaguensis var. macrocalyx
Flora of Mozambique: Sopubia karaguensis var. macrocalyx
Flora of Zambia: Sopubia karaguensis var. macrocalyx

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Sopubia karaguensis
African Plant Database: Sopubia karaguensis
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JSTOR Plant Science: Sopubia karaguensis
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Sopubia karaguensis
Plants of the World Online: Sopubia karaguensis
Tropicos: Sopubia karaguensis
Wikipedia: Sopubia karaguensis


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Sopubia karaguensis var. macrocalyx.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=151930, retrieved 19 March 2024

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