Barleria alata S.Moore
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Native |
Description:
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Type location:
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Angola |
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| Habitat:
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In moist forest, particularly in clearings and along forest
margins, in secondary forest in
periodically inundated swamp forests and sometimes in coffee plantations. |
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100 - 800 m |
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Cameroon, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Cabinda, Central African Republic, DR Congo and Angola. |
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| Literature:
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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 157 - 159.
Meerts, P. et al. (2026). A checklist of the vascular plants of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. PhytoKeys 277
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