Photo: Bart Wursten
Along track from rangerpost to old Urema River crossing, Gorongosa National Park, Muanza.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along track from rangerpost to old Urema River crossing, Gorongosa National Park, Muanza.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along track from rangerpost to old Urema River crossing, Gorongosa National Park, Muanza.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along track from rangerpost to old Urema River crossing, Gorongosa National Park, Muanza.
Synonyms: |
Merremia alatipes Dammer Merremia angustifolia (Jacq.) Hall. f. var. alatipes (Dammer) Rendle Merremia tridentata (L.) Hall. f. subsp. alatipes (Dammer) Verdc. Xenostegia tridentata (L.) D.F. Austin & Staples subsp. alatipes (Dammer) Verdc. |
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Description: | Perennial herb with annual twining stems. Leaves narrowly lanceolate, cordate to slightly lobed at the base. Flowers solitary, axillary, 15-20 mm in diameter, yellow with a dark red centre. Sepals winged and crisped. |
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Derivation of specific name: | alatipes: with a winged foot; referring to the winged pedicel and calyx in this subspecies. |
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Worldwide distribution: | DRC, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Literature: |
Bandeira, S., Bolnick, D. & Barbosa, F. (2007). Wild Flowers of Southern Mozambique Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique Pages 172 - 173. (Includes a picture). Gonçalves, M.L. (1987). Convolvulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(1) Pages 35 - 36. 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 37. |