Aristea angolensis Baker

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Aristea angolensis

Mutinondo Wilderness Area, Little Chipundu dambo
Dec 2011
Photo: Lari Merrett

Aristea angolensis

Mutinondo Wilderness Area, Little Chipundu dambo
Jan 2013
Photo: Lari Merrett

Aristea angolensis

Mutinondo Wilderness Area, Little Chipundu dambo
Jan 2013
Photo: Lari Merrett

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Synonyms: Aristea cooperi Baker
Aristea majubensis Baker
Aristea nandiensis Baker
Aristea zombensis Baker
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Perennial herb, up to 90 cm tall, growing from a short rhizome. Leaves several, mostly basal, about half as long as the stem, linear to narrowly lanceolate, 2.5-7 cm wide; stem leaves progressively shorter above. Stem mostly 2-6 branched, compressed, 2-angled but not winged; side branches fairly short, erect. Flowers more or less sessile in 4-14, 4-6-flowered clusters, blue. Spathes and bracts with entire to lightly lacerate margins when young, becoming more lacerate with age. Capsule 5-7 mm long, ovoid-obovoid.
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Derivation of specific name: angolensis: of Angola
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Flowering time:Nov - Feb
Worldwide distribution: Angola, Nigeria, Cameroon, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, Free-State, South Africa
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): N,W
Zambian distribution (Provinces): Cb,N
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Content last updated: Wednesday 19 October 2016
Literature:

Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 309.

Goldblatt, P. (1993). Iridaceae Flora Zambesiaca 12(4) Pages 3 - 4.

Linley, K. & Baker, B. (1972). Flowers of the Veld Bundu Series Longman Zimbabwe Page 26. (Includes a picture).

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 92.

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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: Aristea angolensis.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=115730, retrieved 12 November 2024

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