Dicliptera melleri Rolfe

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Dicliptera melleri

Picture: Bart Wursten
Halfway House, near Headlands

Dicliptera melleri

Picture: Bart Wursten
Halfway House, near Headlands

Dicliptera melleri

Picture: Bart Wursten
Bonda Road, Nyanga

Dicliptera melleri

Picture: Bart Wursten
Bonda Road, Nyanga

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Synonyms: Diapedium melleri (Rolfe) S. Moore
Peristrophe mellerioides Merxm.
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Status: Native
Description:
Decumbent or procumbent pyrophytic perennial herb. Leaves immature at flowering; lamina 1.5-5 cm long, oblong-elliptic or oblanceolate or rarely linear. Inflorescence of numerous cymules arranged in umbels aggregated into dense conical or cylindric heads. Cymule bracts with length to width ratio 1.2-1.5:1; larger bract 7-10.5 mm long, pale green with hyaline margin, sometimes with a pale ‘window’. Corolla 12.5-16 mm long, white or greenish-cream, with purple or blackish guidelines. Seeds smooth except for minute reticulation.
Type location:
Zimbabwe
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Flowering time:Sep - Oct
Worldwide distribution: Tanzania, DRC, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe and Mozambique
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): B,N,W,C,E
Zambian distribution (Provinces): Cb,N,E,Lk,W
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Literature:

Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2015). Acanthaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 8(6) Pages 280 - 281.

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 13.

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Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Species information: Dicliptera melleri.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=154190, retrieved 28 March 2024

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