Oxalis chapmaniae Exell

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Slopes of Nganda Hill, Nyika National Park.

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Near Dam 2, Nyika National Park

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Near Chelinda Campsite, Nyika National Park

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Status:	Native
Description:	Perennial herb with vertical rhizome up to 10 cm. long, stemless or almost so. Bulb ovoid, up to 2 cm long. Leaves 3–5 in a basal rosette, 3-foliolate; leaflets very narrowly elliptic to linear, 4–8 cm long, almost hairless; petiole 4–16 cm long, sparsely pubescent or almost hairless. Inflorescences in 4–7-flowered pseudumbels arising from the leaf-rosettes; peduncle 7–24 cm long, pubescent or nearly hairless. Flowers purple, magenta-pink or carmine, whitish near the base. Sepals elliptic, 5–6 mm long, pubescent or nearly hairless, orange-coloured at the apex. Petals oblong-elliptic, up to 18 mm long, hairless.
Type location:	Malawi
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Derivation of specific name:	chapmaniae: named after Elizabeth Chapman (1928- ), who collected the type specimen.
Habitat:	Montane grassland.
Altitude range: (metres)	2130 - 2550 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Only known from the Nyika Plateau, Malawi and Zambia.
National distribution:	E
Zambian distribution (Provinces):	Mc
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Endemic status:	Near Endemic
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Images last updated:	Friday 22 March 2019
Literature:	Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 60 - 61. (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 223. (Includes a picture). Exell, A.W. (1963). Oxalidaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Pages 152 - 154. (Includes a picture). Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 83. Willis, C.K., Burrows, J.E., Fish, L., Phiri, P.S.M., Chikuni, A.C. & Golding, J. (2001). Developing a greater understanding of the flora of the Nyika Syst. Geogr. Pl. 71(2) Page 999.

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