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Gunillaea rhodesica
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Along track to Chobe Camp, Ngoma
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along track to Chobe Camp, Ngoma
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along track to Chobe Camp, Ngoma
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along track to Chobe Camp, Ngoma
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| Synonyms: |
Prismatocarpus rhodesicus Adamson |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
More or less erect annual herb up to 60 cm high, much-branched from near the base. Leaves alternate, sessile, narrowly elliptic to linear, 12-50 mm long, more or less hairy; margin undulate-crenate with small projecting teeth. Inflorescence laxly-flowered. Flowers sessile or shortly pedicellate but pedicels elongating in fruit up to 25 mm. Corolla campanulate up to 12 mm long, 4-5-lobed, united to c. halfway, mauve-blue or white. Style with 2 tiny glands at the base. Capsules cylindrical, up to 2 cm long, often slightly curved, prominently c; 10-veined, crowned with the persistent calyx lobes and the style base forming a hard cone on the top. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | rhodesica: of Rhodesia, referring to what is now Zimbabwe and Zambia. |
| Habitat: | In seasonally wet places such as river banks and lake shores on sand or mud. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, DRC, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Wednesday 14 March 2018 |
| Literature: |
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 31. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 43. Thulin, M. (1977). Campanulaceae Flore d'Afrique Centrale Botanic Garden Meise, Belgium Pages 42 - 44. Thulin, M. (1983). Campanulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(1) Pages 113 - 114. Timberlake, J.R. & Childes, S.L. (2004). Biodiversity of the Four Corners Area: Technical Reviews Volume Two (Chapter 5-15) Appendix 5-1: Plant Checklist Occasional Publications in Biodiversity 15 Page 202. |
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Flora of Botswana: Gunillaea rhodesicaFlora of the DRC: Gunillaea rhodesica
Flora of Mozambique: Gunillaea rhodesica
Flora of Zambia: Gunillaea rhodesica
Flora of Zimbabwe: Gunillaea rhodesica
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Gunillaea rhodesicaAfrican Plant Database: Gunillaea rhodesica
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Gunillaea rhodesica
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Gunillaea rhodesica
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Gunillaea rhodesica
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