Biophytum kassneri
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Habit
Escarpment miombo woodland
Kapishya Hot Springs Lodge, Shiwa N'gandu Distr.
Feb 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman
Escarpment miombo woodland
Kapishya Hot Springs Lodge, Shiwa N'gandu Distr.
Feb 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman
Escarpment miombo woodland
Kapishya Hot Springs Lodge, Shiwa N'gandu Distr.
Feb 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman
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| Synonyms: | |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | Local |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Acaulescent perennial up to 20 cm tall growing from a hairy thickened woody rootstock; leaves up to 17 cm long; leaflets 8-16-jugate, almost sessile, 2-9 x 2-4 mm, usually oblong or obovate-oblong, apex rounded, base truncate, usually densely pubescent when young and glabrescent when old; rhachis pubescent or shortly pilose; flowers white, pink or yellowish, in 3-10-flowered pseudoumbels on pubescent pedicels up to 3 mm long; sepals 3-4.5 x 1-1.5 mm, lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, acute, 3-5 nerved, pubescent; petals 7 mm long, glabrous; capsule 2.5 x 1.2 mm, ellipsoid; seeds 0.8 x 0.5-0.6 mm, brown, flattened-ellipsoid, tuberculate. |
| Type location: |
DRC |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | kassneri: after Theodor Wilhelm Kässner, who collected the type specimen |
| Habitat: | In shade on granite hills |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
| Flowering time: | Jan - Feb |
| Worldwide distribution: | DRC (Katanga), Zambia and Tanzania |
| FZ divisions: | N |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Mc |
| Growth form(s): | Perennial. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Tuesday 17 May 2022 |
| Literature: |
Exell, A.W. (1963). Oxalidaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Pages 160 - 161. (Includes a picture). |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Biophytum kassneriAfrican Plant Database: Biophytum kassneri
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Biophytum kassneri
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Biophytum kassneri
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Biophytum kassneri
JSTOR Plant Science: Biophytum kassneri
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Biophytum kassneri
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