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Aeollanthus engleri
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Luwawa Forest Reserve, Viphya
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Luwawa Forest Reserve, Viphya
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| Synonyms: |
Aeollanthus conglomeratus Baker Aeollanthus cryptanthus Baker Aeollanthus floribundus Briq. Aeollanthus goetzei Gürke Aeollanthus lythroides N.E. Fr. Aeollanthus obtusifolius Briq. Aeollanthus paludosus Gürke Aeollanthus poggei Gürke Aeollanthus uliginosus Gürke Aeollanthus violaceus De Wild. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Sparsely branched perennial up to 200 cm tall. Stems violet-purple, hairy but not glandular. Leaves opposite, subsessisle, oblanceolate-elliptic, 3-10 cm long, rather stiff; margin crenate to somewhat toothed. Inflorescence of several globose or elongated, dense clusters, sometimes all contracted into one. Bracts and calyces violet-purple, hairy. Corolla, pale violet or blue; tube 6-12 mm long; upper lip shallowly 4-lobed, lower lip boat-shaped. |
| Type location: |
Angola |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | engleri: after Dr Prof Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler (1844-1930), German Director of the Royal Botanical Gardens in Berlin, who promoted botanical exploration in Africa. |
| Habitat: | Unusally in wet grasslands and dambos. |
| Altitude range: | 500 - 1900 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Cameroon, DRC, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia. |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | N,W,C |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Nw,Lp,N,Mc,C,Lk |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Monday 15 April 2019 |
| Literature: |
Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 144 - 145. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 183. Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 77. Paton, A.J. et al. (2013). Lamiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(8) Pages 297 - 299. (Includes a picture). Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 68. |
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