Barleria eylesii S.Moore

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Besna Kobila, Matobo

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Frequency:	Local
Status:	Native
Description:	Much-branched, spiny small shrub, up to c. 40 cm high; stems pubescent. Leaves opposite, elliptic to lanceolate, up to 1.5 cm long, spine-tipped, strigose on the margin, midrib and veins beneath; petiole up to 2.5 mm long. Flowers in 2-8-flowered clusters in of the leaf axils of each pair of leaves near the ends of branches; bracteoles spiny, largest 9-17 mm long. Calyx mauve when young, later drying pale-coloured; lobes lanceolate, largest up to 14 mm long; margin with short lateral spines. Corolla 22-37 mm long, blueish mauve or lilac, pubescent outside with both glandular and eglandular hairs. Capsule 9-12.5 mm long, hairless.
Type location:	Matobo Hills Zimbabwe
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Derivation of specific name:	eylesii: named after Frederick Eyles (1864 - 1937)
Habitat:	Usually in partial shade among boulders on large granite hills.
Altitude range: (metres)	600 - 1550 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Only known from the Central Watershed in Zimbabwe.
FZ divisions:	W,E,S
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Endemic status:	Endemic
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Images last updated:	Thursday 25 February 2021
Literature:	Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 5. Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2015). Acanthaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 8(6) Pages 47 - 48. 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 13.

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