Monadenium mafingense Hargr.
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Montane scrub
Mafinga Mts., Mafinga Distr.
Jan 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman
Montane scrub
Mafinga Mts., Mafinga Distr.
Jan 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman
Montane scrub
Mafinga Mts., Mafinga Distr.
Jan 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman
Montane scrub
Mafinga Mts., Mafinga Distr.
Jan 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman
Montane scrub
Mafinga Mts., Mafinga Distr.
Jan 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman
Montane scrub
Mafinga Mts., Mafinga Distr.
Jan 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman
Montane scrub
Mafinga Mts., Mafinga Distr.
Jan 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman
Species details: Click on each item to see an explanation of that item (Note: opens a new window)
Synonyms:
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Euphorbia mafingensis (Hargr.) Bruyns
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Common names:
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Frequency:
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Locally common |
Status:
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Native |
Description:
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Geophyte growing from a tuberous rootstock up to 10 x 5 cm producing several spreading stems up to 5 cm long; leaves clustered at stem apices, sessile, c. 3.5 x 2.5 cm, obovate, reddish, glabrous to sparsely hairy on upper surface and with scattered hairs on lower surface, margin ± crisped and fringed with short hairs; cymes simple or reduced to solitary cyathia, peduncles and cyme branches 4-6 cm long, bracts c. 5 x 8 mm, broadly ovate, yellowish-green to red-tinged; cyathia 6 x 4 mm with broadly funnel-shaped involucres, glandular rim c. 1 mm wide, spreading, bright red; capsule 4 x 3.5 mm, obtusely lobed with a pair of minute fleshy ridges along the sutures, exserted on a reflexed pedicel c. 6 mm long; seeds c. 2.75 x 1.25 mm, oblong, 4-angled. |
Type location:
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Malawi, Mafingas |
Notes:
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Derivation of specific name:
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mafingense: of the Mafinga Mountains |
Habitat:
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Crevices in faces of rock outcrops in montane grassland and montane scrub |
Altitude range: |
1800 - 2250 m |
Flowering time: | Dec - Mar |
Worldwide distribution:
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Malawi and Zambia |
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca):
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N |
Zambian distribution (Provinces):
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Mc |
Growth form(s):
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Endemic status:
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Near Endemic |
Red data list status:
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Insects associated with this species:
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Spot characters:
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Display spot characters for this species |
Content last updated: |
Monday 14 February 2022 |
Literature:
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Carter, S. & Leach, L.C. (2001). Euphorbiaceae: subfamily Euphorbioideae: tribe Euphorbieae Flora Zambesiaca 9(5) Page 444.
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Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-23
Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A.
(2023).
Flora of Zambia: Species information: Monadenium mafingense. https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=206800, retrieved 28 January 2023
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