- Family: Plantaginaceae Juss.
- Genus: Dopatrium Buch.-Ham. ex Benth.
Dopatrium stachytarphetoides Engl. & Gilg
- Genus: Dopatrium Buch.-Ham. ex Benth.
This species is accepted, and its native range is W. Tanzania to Angola.
Descriptions
According to Flora Zambesiaca
[FZ]Scrophulariaceae, D. Philcox. Flora Zambesiaca 8:2. 1990
- Habit
- Erect, glabrous herb, 10–35(50) cm. tall; stem simple or only branched within inflorescence, somewhat fleshy.
- Stamens
- Lower and basal leaves 9–35(58) x 1.5–4.5(7) mm., oblong, obtuse, sessile, entire; cauline leaves 2–8 x 1–2.5 mm., becoming small above, distant, broadly ovate, connate at base up to midway, in some cases forming distinct sheath.
- Flowers
- Flowers solitary in axils of inflorescence bracts, mauve, violet-blue to purple, forming terminal, few-branched, panicle.
- Bracts
- Bracts like upper cauline leaves but smaller.
- Pedicel
- Pedicels 3–7 mm. long, slender.
- Calyx
- Calyx 3.5–5(6.5) mm. long; lobes 1–1.5(2.5) mm. long, broadly lanceolate.
- Corolla
- Corolla tube 11–14 mm. long, slender, cylindric, gibbous-geniculate at apex; upper lip bilobed; lower lip broadly trilobed, 9–12 mm. long.
- Fruits
- Capsule 4–5 mm. long, 2–3 mm. in diam., ellipsoid.
According to Flora of Tropical East Africa
[FTEA]Scrophulariaceae, S.A. Ghazanfar, F.N. Hepper & D. Philcox. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2008
- Type
- Type: Angola, between Kubano and Mundongo, Baum 923 (K!, lecto.; BM!, BR, S, isolecto.)
- Habit
- Annual herb up to 45 cm high.
- Stem
- Stems erect, fleshy, glabrous, simple or sparingly branched, and branching only within the inflorescence
- Leaves
- Basal leaves oblong-ovate, 9–12 mm long, 4–7 mm wide, sessile, apex acute, margins entire; cauline leaves reduced and scale-like, ± 2 mm long, distantly placed, connate at the base
- Inflorescences
- Inflorescence a lax, few-flowered terminal panicle
- Bracts
- Bracts ± 1.5 mm.
- Pedicel
- Pedicels slender, 2–3 mm long
- Calyx
- Calyx campanulate, 3.5–4.5 mm long, teeth ± 1 mm long, rounded
- Corolla
- Corolla mauve to purple; corolla tube cylindrical, 11–13 mm long, ± dilated at apex under the limb, upper lip bilobed ± 3 mm long, lower-lip trilobed, 7–8 mm long
- Fruits
- Capsule ellipsoid, ± 4 mm long
- Figures
- Fig 19: 4–6, p 52
- Ecology
- In shallow pools on rocky outcrops; ± 1100 m
- Conservation
- Known from a single collection in the Flora area, elsewhere widespread and of Least Concern (LC)
- Distribution
- Flora districts: T4 Range: Congo-Kinshasa, Angola, Zambia
Uses
Distribution
Other Data
Dopatrium stachytarphetoides Engl. & Gilg appears in other Kew resources:
Herbarium Catalogue (2 records)
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
---|---|---|---|---|
Milne-Redhead, E. [4617], Zambia | 2556.000 | |||
Bidgood, S. [5798], Tanzania | K000468627 |
Bibliography
First published in O.Warburg (ed.), Kunene-Sambesi Exped.: 362 (1903)
Accepted by
- Ghazanfar, S.A., Hepper, F.N. & Philcox, D. (2008). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Scrophulariaceae: 1-211.
- Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
- Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141.
- Fischer, E. (1999). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaire-rwanda-Burundi), Scrophulariaceae: 1-217. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique.
- Philcox, D. (1990). Flora Zambesiaca 8(2): 1-179. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Ghazanfar, S.A., Hepper, F.N. & Philcox, D. (2008). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Scrophulariaceae: 1-211.
- Philcox, D. (1990). Flora Zambesiaca 8(2): 1-179. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- F.A.C. Scrophulariaceae: 46, pl. 16 (1999).
- Nord. J. Bot. 17(5): 552, fig. 20, (1997)
- F.Z.: 8(2): 53, t. 20/B1–3 (1990)
- F.T.A. 4(2): 326 (1906)
- Warb., Kunene-Samb. Exped. Baum: 362 (1903)
Sources
Flora Zambesiaca
Flora Zambesiaca
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
Flora of Tropical East Africa
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2019. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2019. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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