Dicliptera nyangana I. Darbysh.

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Adjacent to the Pit Structures, Nyanga NP

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Frequency:	Local
Status:	Native
Description:	Erect, spreading or scrambling perennial, up to 90 cm tall; stems 6-angled with short appressed hairs mainly on the angles when young. Leaves narrowly ovate or lanceolate, 2-4 cm long, shortly pubescent above and on the veins beneath, mainly when young; petiole 1.5-4.5 mm long. Inflorescences aggregated into dense heads 1.8-3.7 cm long; also in the upper leaf axils. Bracts green or green-brown in the upper portion, pairs unequal; larger bract elliptic to obovate, 7.5-12.5 mm long, 3-veined, pubescent on margin and main veins and also with longer hairs on the margin. Calyx lobes 4.3-4.7 mm long, glandular pubescent; margin long ciliate. Corolla 14.5-19.5 mm long, magenta-pink, purple or dark wine-red, pubescent with some glandular hairs outside; tube 6.6-8.5 mm long; upper lip oblong, 8-11.5 mm long; lower lip more or less broadly ovate or elliptic, 7.5-10.5 mm long. Capsule 6-6.5 mm long, pubescent with some hairs glandular.
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Derivation of specific name:	nyangana: of the Nyanga area.
Habitat:	Rocky grassland, riverbanks, pine plantations, edges of firebreaks and roadsides.
Altitude range: (metres)	1700 - 2250 m
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Worldwide distribution:	So far only known from the Nyanga area, eastern Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe distribution:	E
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Endemic status:	Endemic
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Images last updated:	Wednesday 7 August 2013
Literature:	Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2015). Acanthaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 8(6) Pages 276 - 277. Protologue

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