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Section |
Kosaria |
Benguellensis courtesy Specks Exotica |
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Type
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Herb |
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Body |
Tuber / caudex, 1-12 cm in diameter, colour
varies from yellowish brown to greenish with seasonal stems
growing from it, stems branched or unbranched, at least with
arrested branches with reduced leaves. |
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Height |
Up to 50-60 cm tall |
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Leaves |
Leaves in spirals, at te bottom only small and
underdeveloped but higher on normal in size, up to15 cm long and
4,5 cm wide. Leaves are thin and turn yellow and papery when
dry. |
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Flowers |
Flowers come in many variations. The flower
colour, shape as well as the number of appendages may vary. |
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Reproduction |
through seed. |
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Area |
From Cameroun to Suda, southwards to Angola,
Zimbabwe and Mozambique;
In woodland, wooded and open grassland, often local water
catchments (near rivers), often among rocks;
At altitudes up to ca. 2500 m. |
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Taxonomical details |
D. Benguellensis Welwitsch, Trans. Linn. Soc.
London 27: 71. 1869. D. achtenii De Wildeman (1932); D. achtenii
var. laxiflora Hauman (1948a); D. benguellensis var.
capillaris
Hauman (1948a); D. campanulata Hauman (1948a); D. debeerstii De
Wildeman & T. Durand (1900); D. debeerstii var. multibracteata (R.E.
Fries) Rendle (1916); D. hockii De Wildeman (1911); D. homblei
De Wildeman (1914); D. katangensis De Wildeman (1913); D. katubensis De Wildeman (1932);
D. lactifera De Wildeman (1932);
D. wildbraediana Peter (1932); D. mirabilis R.E. Fries (1913);
D. poggei Engler (1894); D. poggei var. meyeri-johannis Engler(1914);
D. rhodesiana R.E. Fries (1913); D. rosenii R.E. Fries (1913);
D. rosenii var. multibracteata R.E. Fries (1913);
D. sessilis R.E. Fries (1913); D. stenophylla R.E. Fries (1913);
D. stipitata De Wildeman (1932); D. verdickii De wildeman & T.
Durand (1901); D. verdickii var. scaberrima Hauman (1948a);
D. wellmannii Engler (1911a). |
Benguellensis courtesy Specks Exotica Benguellensis courtesy Specks Exotica Benguellensis var. cup-shaped flower Benguellensis var. cup-shaped flower courtesy Specks Exotica Benguellensis var. cup-shaped flower Benguellensis var. narrow leaf, black core Benguellensis var. narrow leaf courtesy Specks Exotica Benguellensis var. radiate flower courtesy Specks Exotica
Benguellensis courtesy Specks Exotica
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