Macledium plantaginifolium (O.Hoffm.) S.Ortiz

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Macledium plantaginifolium

Flowering;
Mazabuka; Aug 2014.
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Macledium plantaginifolium

Seeding;
Mazabuka; Oct 2014.
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Macledium plantaginifolium

Seeding
Lusaka SE
Oct 2008
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Macledium plantaginifolium

Seeding
Lusaka SE
Oct 2008
Photo: Mike Bingham

Macledium plantaginifolium

Seed dispersed; Mazabuka; Oct 2014.
Photo: Noleen Parsons

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Synonyms: Dicoma nana Welw. ex Hiern
Dicoma plantaginifolia O. Hoffm.
Dicoma pygmaea Hutch.
Dicoma quinquenervia sensu F.C. Wilson p.p. non Baker
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Frequency:
Status: Native
Description:
A perennial herb, usually acaulescent, occasionally developing a short aerial stem. Leaves few to numerous, prostrate, discolorous, up to 20 × 12 cm. Capitula subsessile, solitary or up to 7 clustered in the leaf rosette or before the leaves appear. The outer phyllaries (bracts) stiff and sharply pointed, greenish or straw coloured. Corollas yellowish, green or brownish, usually with purplish lobes.
Type location:
Angola
Notes: Flowering and fruiting during the late dry season.
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Habitat: A pyrophyte of miombo woodland and (sub) montane grassland.
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Worldwide distribution: DRC, Burundi, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Angola.
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): N,W,C,E,S
Zambian distribution (Provinces): Cb,N,C,Lk,S
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Content last updated: Friday 7 November 2014
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 91. as Dicoma plantaginifolia

Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 29. as Dicoma plantaginifolia

Pope, G.V. (1992). Compositae Flora Zambesiaca 6(1) Page 34. As Dicoma plantaginifolia

Wild, H. (1972). The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 3. Mutisieae. Kirkia 8(2) Page 180. as Dicoma platagifolia

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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: Macledium plantaginifolium.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=200200, retrieved 28 March 2024

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