Macledium kirkii (Harv.) S. Ortiz
subsp. kirkii

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Macledium kirkii subsp. kirkii

Picture: Bart Wursten
Cecil Kop NR, Mutare

Macledium kirkii subsp. kirkii

Picture: Bart Wursten
Cecil Kop NR, Mutare

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Synonyms: Dicoma kirkii Harv. subsp. kirkii
Dicoma sessiliflora Harv. subsp. kirkii (Harv.) Wild
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Status: Native
Description:
Erect perennial herb, up to 80 cm. Annual stems grow from a woody rootstock; one to numerous flowerheads with sharply pointed involucral bracts. Florets orange-yellow.
Type location:
Zambia, Batoka Country
Notes: Stems solitary
Derivation of specific name: kirkii: named after Dr John Kirk, who accompanied David Livingstone on his Zambezi expedition of 1858
Habitat: Miombo woodland, often on granite outcrops and hillsides
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Worldwide distribution: Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana.
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): S
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Literature:

Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 38.

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 24. as Dicoma kirkii subsp. kirkii

Pope, G.V. (1992). Compositae Flora Zambesiaca 6(1) Pages 31 - 32. As Dicoma kirkii kirkii

Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 35.

Wild, H. (1972). The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 3. Mutisieae. Kirkia 8(2) Pages 184 - 195. as Dicoma sessiliflora subsp. kirkii

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

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Species information: Macledium kirkii subsp. kirkii.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=161910, retrieved 3 December 2024

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