Kosteletzkya buettneri Gürke

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Kosteletzkya buettneri

Picture: Bart Wursten
Katombora, Zambian side - walk to 2nd embarcation point

Kosteletzkya buettneri

Picture: Bart Wursten
Katombora, Zambian side - walk to 2nd embarcation point

Kosteletzkya buettneri

Approximately 7 km upstream of Ngonye Falls
Jan 2018
Photo: Warren McCleland

Kosteletzkya buettneri

Approximately 7 km upstream of Ngonye Falls
Jan 2018
Photo: Warren McCleland

Kosteletzkya buettneri

Approximately 7 km upstream of Ngonye Falls
Jan 2018
Photo: Warren McCleland

Kosteletzkya buettneri

Approximately 7 km upstream of Ngonye Falls
Jan 2018
Photo: Warren McCleland

Kosteletzkya buettneri

Approximately 7 km upstream of Ngonye Falls
Jan 2018
Photo: Warren McCleland

Kosteletzkya buettneri

Picture: Petra Ballings
Backwater Kwando River

Kosteletzkya buettneri

Picture: Bart Wursten
Backwater Kwando River

Kosteletzkya buettneri

Picture: Bart Wursten
Backwater Kwando River

Kosteletzkya buettneri

Picture: Bart Wursten
Backwater Kwando River

Kosteletzkya buettneri

Picture: Bart Wursten
Backwater Kwando River

Kosteletzkya buettneri

Picture: Bart Wursten
Backwater Kwando River

Kosteletzkya buettneri

Picture: Bart Wursten
Backwater Kwando River

Kosteletzkya buettneri

Picture: Bart Wursten
Backwater Kwando River

Kosteletzkya buettneri

Picture: Bart Wursten
Backwater Kwando River

Kosteletzkya buettneri

Habit
Riverside dambo grassland
Saise Valley, Kalambo Farm, Mbala Distr.
Feb 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman

Kosteletzkya buettneri

Leaves
Riverside dambo grassland
Saise Valley, Kalambo Farm, Mbala Distr.
Feb 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman

Kosteletzkya buettneri

Riverside dambo grassland
Saise Valley, Kalambo Farm, Mbala Distr.
Feb 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman

Kosteletzkya buettneri

Riverside dambo grassland
Saise Valley, Kalambo Farm, Mbala Distr.
Feb 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman

Kosteletzkya buettneri

Seepod
Riverside dambo grassland
Saise Valley, Kalambo Farm, Mbala Distr.
Feb 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman

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Status: Native
Description:
Erect annual or perennial, growing from a rhizomatous rootstock. All parts with stellate hairs. Leaves ovate to lanceolate, becoming linear towards the top of the stems. Flowers up to 4.5 cm in diameter, solitary in the upper leaf axils, white with a yellowish staminal tube. Capsule 8-15 mm in diameter, depressed-spherical.
Type location:
Angola
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: buettneri: named after a Mr Büttner, who collected the type specimen.
Habitat: A species of river margins and wet, swampy places.
Altitude range: 900 - 1600 m
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution: West Africa, DRC and south to Namibia
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): B,N,W,C,S
Zambian distribution (Provinces): Nw,N,C,S,W
Growth form(s): Annual, perennial.
Endemic status:
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Content last updated: Monday 30 May 2022
Literature:

Exell, A.W. (1961). Malvaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(2) Pages 472 - 474. (Includes a picture).

Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 398. (Includes a picture).

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 61.

Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 84.

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 218.

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External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Kosteletzkya buettneri
African Plant Database: Kosteletzkya buettneri
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Kosteletzkya buettneri
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Kosteletzkya buettneri
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Kosteletzkya buettneri
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iNaturalist: Kosteletzkya buettneri
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Kosteletzkya buettneri
JSTOR Plant Science: Kosteletzkya buettneri
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Kosteletzkya buettneri
Plants of the World Online: Kosteletzkya buettneri
Tropicos: Kosteletzkya buettneri
Wikipedia: Kosteletzkya buettneri


Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Species information: Kosteletzkya buettneri.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=139710, retrieved 19 April 2024

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