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Hypericum scioanum
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Lake Kaulime, Nyika National Park
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Dam 2, Southern Loop, Nyika National Park
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Dam 2, Southern Loop, Nyika National Park
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Dam 2, Southern Loop, Nyika National Park
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| Synonyms: |
Hypericum afropalustre Lebrun & Taton Hypericum stolzii Briq. Hypericum thoralfi T.C.E. Fr. |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | very local |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial herb prostrate, procumbent or ascending quadrangular stems, up to 30 cm long, sometimes mat-forming and rooting at the lower nodes. Leaves opposite, sessile, more or less broadly ovate, 3–9 mm long, with minute inconspicuous translucent glandular dots. Flowers solitary, terminal, or in few-flowered clusters appearing axillary. Sepals oblong, deltoid or lanceolate, with translucent glandular longitudinal lines and submarginal dots. Petals 2–7 mm long, 1–2 times as long as the sepals, apricot-yellow becoming orange-yellow or orange, occasionally marked with red. Stamens 15–27, irregularly arranged or in three indistinct groups. Fruit a 2-4-valved capsule. |
| Type location: |
Ethiopia |
| Notes: | Although no specimen is cited for Zambia, there is a note of a sight record from the Government Rest House on the Zambian side of the Nyika. |
| Derivation of specific name: | |
| Habitat: | In peat soils in damp places. |
| Altitude range: | 2200 - 2250 m |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Eastern DRC, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, northern Malawi and Zambia (Nyika only). |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | E |
| Growth form(s): | |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Wednesday 30 October 2019 |
| 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 129. (Includes a picture). Fischer, E. & Killmann, D. (2008). Illustrated Field guide to the Plants of Nyungwe National Park Rwanda. University of Koblenz-Landau. Pages 472 - 473. (Includes a picture). Robson, N.K.B. (1961). Guttiferae Flora Zambesiaca 1(2) Page 386. Troupin, G. (1978). Clusiaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume I Page 299. (Includes a picture). |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Hypericum scioanumBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Hypericum scioanum
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Hypericum scioanum
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Hypericum scioanum
JSTOR Plant Science: Hypericum scioanum
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Hypericum scioanum
Plants of the World Online: Hypericum scioanum
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