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Rotheca luembensis
luembensis
luembensis
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1992: Doreen Bolnick
Habit
Miombo and chipya woodland
Kipemba area, Kalumbila Distr.
Oct 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flower
Miombo and chipya woodland
Kipemba area, Kalumbila Distr.
Oct 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman
Habit
Miombo and chipya woodland
Kipemba area, Kalumbila Distr.
Oct 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman
Habit
Miombo and chipya woodland
Kipemba area, Kalumbila Distr.
Oct 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman
Inflorescence
Miombo and chipya woodland
Kipemba area, Kalumbila Distr.
Oct 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman
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| Synonyms: |
Clerodendrum luembensis subsp. luembensis var. luembensis forma herbaceum (Hiern) R. Fern. Clerodendrum myricoides var. camporum Gürke Clerodendrum myricoides var. savanarum sensu B.Thomas Siphonanthus myricoides var. herbaceus Hiern |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | Locally common |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial herb or suffrutex 25–80(100) cm tall, from a long creeping woody rootstock; stems few to many, erect, unbranched or occasionally somewhat branched, usually with a ± dense indumentum of spreading, ± rigid, short hairs; leaves in whorls of 3 or opposite, rarely in whorls of 4, sessile to shortly petiolate; internodes up to 10 cm long; lamina 4–18.5 × 1.2–6 cm, oblong-obovate, oblong-lanceolate, elliptic or obovate-cuneate, up to 5-times longer than wide but more usually 2.5-times longer than wide, widest above the middle, ± long-attenuate towards the base, obtuse to acute or shortly acuminate at the apex, entire to coarsely serrate-dentate in the upper 1/3, ± concolorous, pubescent on both surfaces with hairs similar to those of stems and branches but shorter; inflorescence a terminal, pubescent panicle, 7–23 cm long, formed by opposite 2–5-flowered cymes, sometimes with 2–3 additional cymes in the axils of the uppermost leaves, the uppermost cymes subtended by foliaceous sessile bracts; calyx pale green, red in the upper part when fresh, red-purple on drying, (4)4.5–6 mm long and c. 7 mm in diameter, obconical-campanulate, subglabrous to ± appressed-hairy; lobes 3–4 mm wide at the base, rounded or oblong and obtuse, ciliate; corolla variable in colour, green to greenish-white except for the median bright blue lobe, or pale blue, or pale blue and yellow-green, or white with the lateral lobes light green and the median lobe purple, or 4 lobes pale muddy blue and the median lobe royal-blue, or 4 lobes greenish-mauve and the median lobe violet, or green without and brownish within; corolla tube 5–6 mm long, corolla lobes ciliate; limb of corolla bud 5–6 mm in diameter, subspherical, glabrous or subglabrous to ± densely hairy. forma herbacea differs from forma luembensis in having narrower elliptic to lanceolate leaves widest in the middle with an attenuate base and acute apex and entire or small acute toothed margins. |
| Type location: |
Angola |
| Notes: | This taxon in Zambia has been further divided into forma luembensis and herbacea (Hiern) R. Fern. |
| Derivation of specific name: | |
| Habitat: | Brachystegia and Chipya woodland. |
| Altitude range: | 1350 m (approx) |
| Flowering time: | Oct - Nov |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola and Zambia |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | W |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Nw |
| Growth form(s): | Shrub under 2 m. |
| Endemic status: | Near Endemic |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Sunday 4 December 2022 |
| Literature: |
Fernandes, R. (2005). Lamiaceae (subfamilies: Viticoideae and Ajugoideae) Flora Zambesiaca 8(7) Pages 127 - 128. As forma luembensis and forma herbacea |
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Flora of Malawi: Rotheca luembensis subsp. luembensis var. luembensisFlora of Mozambique: Rotheca luembensis subsp. luembensis var. luembensis
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Rotheca luembensisBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Rotheca luembensis
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Rotheca luembensis
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Rotheca luembensis
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