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Dorstenia cuspidata var cuspidata
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Section |
Kosaria |
Dorstenia cuspidata var. cuspidata
Plant in authors collection |
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Type
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Herb |
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Body |
Caudiciform with annual stems, caudex up to 7 cm
in diameter by 4 cm high. |
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Height |
Up to 50 cm high |
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Leaves |
(narrowly) elliptic to subobovate or lanceolate
to linear, 3-17 x 1-6 cm, smooth green. Stems puberous. |
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Flowers |
Triangular to stellar, with 4-8 appendages,
occasionally 3, up to 4 cm long. |
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Reproduction |
Seed |
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Area |
From Senegal to Ethiopia, southwards to
Mozambique and Zimbabwe;
In deciduous woodland, often among rocks or in shady places;
At altitudes up to 1400 m. |
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Taxonomical details |
D. cuspidata A. Richard var. cuspidata.
D. caulescens Schweinfurth ex Engler (1894), non Linnaeus
(1753), nec Vellozo (1829); D. gourmaensis A. Chevalier
(1912); D. gourmaensis var. floribunda A.
Chevalier (1912); D. quarrei De Wildeman & Staner (1932);
D. tetractis Peter (1932); D. unyikae Engler
(1901); D. walleri Hemsley (1893); D. walleri var.
minor Rendle (1916). |
Dorstenia cuspidata var cuspidata, photo courtesy Romana Husickova Dorstenia cuspidata var cuspidata, photo courtesy Romana Husickova Dorstenia cuspidata var cuspidata, plant in authors collection Dorstenia cuspidata var cuspidata, plant in authors collection Dorstenia cuspidata var cuspidata, plant in authors collection Dorstenia cuspidata var cuspidata, plant in authors collection Dorstenia cuspidata var cuspidata caudex, plant in authors collection
Dorstenia cuspidata var cuspidata, photo courtesy Romana Husickova
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