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Synonyms: |
Pleiotaxis amoena R.E. Fr. Pleiotaxis antunesii sensu Eyles |
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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Erect, robust perennial suffrutex to 80 cm tall. Leaves silvery-grey, bullate, 8-25 × 2-7.5 cm, elliptic; apex acute; margin irregularly serrate; base cuneate, tapering into a narrow winged petiole-like midrib and widening into a sheathing base below. Capitula large, usually solitary. Phyllaries imbricate, felted-lanate. Corollas red with a slender tube widening above. Achenes densely appressed-hispid. Pappus of barbellate setae. |
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Derivation of specific name: | eximia: excellent in size or beauty, distinguished |
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Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Botswana, DRC, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
Botswana distribution: | N |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Content last updated: | Thursday 22 March 2018 |
Literature: |
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 27. Pope, G.V. (1992). Compositae Flora Zambesiaca 6(1) Page 16. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 37. Wild, H. (1972). The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 3. Mutisieae. Kirkia 8(2) Pages 200 - 201. |
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