Barleria lugardii
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Photo: Bart Wursten
By road between Robin's Camp turn-off and Mandavu Dam, Hwange NP
Photo: Bart Wursten
By road between Robin's Camp turn-off and Mandavu Dam, Hwange NP
Photo: Bart Wursten
By road between Robin's Camp turn-off and Mandavu Dam, Hwange NP
Photo: Bart Wursten
By road between Robin's Camp turn-off and Mandavu Dam, Hwange NP
Photo: Bart Wursten
By road between Robin's Camp turn-off and Mandavu Dam, Hwange NP
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| Status: | Native |
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Shrubby perennial herb. Leaves opposite, elliptic, dull green above, paler greyish-green beneath, with long hairs, partiularly on the veins and margin. Enlarged calyx bracts ovate with long hairs; margin with ciliate hairs but without spines. Flowers 4-lobed, axillary, white, yellowish green in the tube. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | lugardii: after Major Edward James Lugard (1865-1957), British-born plant collector who collected extensively in Botswana. |
| Habitat: | In shady situations in dry woodland and thicket, with Vachellia/Senegalia) spp., Colophospermum mopane etc., occasionally on rocky hillslopes. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Tanzania, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia and likely in Angola. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Darbyshire, I., Manzitto-Tripp, E.A. & Chase, F.M. (2021). A taxonomic revision of Acanthaceae tribe Barlerieae in Angola and Namibia. Part 2 Kew Bulletin 76 Pages 145 - 147. (Includes a picture). Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2015). Acanthaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 8(6) Pages 106 - 107. Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 325. (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 13. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 17. van der Walt, R. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Limpopo Valley Retha van der Walt, Musina, South Africa Page 2. |
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