Kosteletzkya buettneri Gürke

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Backwater Kwando River

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Backwater Kwando River

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Status:	Native
Description:	Erect annual or perennial, growing from a rhizomatous rootstock. All parts with stellate hairs. Leaves ovate to lanceolate, becoming linear towards the top of the stems. Flowers up to 4.5 cm in diameter, solitary in the upper leaf axils, white with a yellowish staminal tube. Capsule 8-15 mm in diameter, depressed-spherical.
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Derivation of specific name:	buettneri: named after a Mr Büttner, who collected the type specimen.
Habitat:	A species of river margins and wet, swampy places.
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Worldwide distribution:	West Africa, DRC and south to Namibia
Growth form(s):	Annual, perennial.
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Content last updated:	Monday 12 March 2018
Literature:	Exell, A.W. (1961). Malvaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(2) Pages 472 - 474. (Includes a picture). Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 398. (Includes a picture). 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 61. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 84. Timberlake, J.R. & Childes, S.L. (2004). Biodiversity of the Four Corners Area: Technical Reviews Volume Two (Chapter 5-15) Appendix 5-1: Plant Checklist Occasional Publications in Biodiversity 15 Page 218.

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