Swertia welwitschii Engl.
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Picture: Bart Wursten
Airedale rd to Bonda, Nyanga
Picture: Bart Wursten
Along Circular Drive towards Mt Nyangani, Nyanga National Park.
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Synonyms:
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Swertia stellarioides Hiern
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Status:
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Native |
Description:
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Erect annual herb, 25-80 cm. Stems simple or branching at the apex. Basal leaves soon disappearing. Leaves along the stem suberect, linear-lanceolate, 3 veined from the base. Flowers 5-merous, white or cream with darker veins. Corolla divided nearly to the base. Fruit a small, narrowly ellipsoid capsule, splitting into 2 valves. |
Type location:
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Angola |
Notes:
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Derivation of specific name:
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welwitschii: named after the Austrian botanist, Friedrich Martin Welwitsch (1806-1872) |
Habitat:
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In wet, marshy grass and along river banks. |
Altitude range: |
1350 - 1850 m |
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Worldwide distribution:
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Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca):
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N,W,E |
Zambian distribution (Provinces):
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Nw,N,Mc,E,W |
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Endemic status:
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Insects associated with this species:
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Spot characters:
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Literature:
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Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 178.
Paiva, J. & Nogueira, I. (1990). Gentianaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(4) Page 28.
Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 92.
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Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-19
Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A.
(2019).
Flora of Zambia: Species information: Swertia welwitschii. https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=144840, retrieved 23 February 2019
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