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Raphionacme pulchella H. J. T. Venter & R. L. Verhoeven

Derivation of specific name

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pulchella: beautiful
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Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Raphionacme pulchella Venter & R.L. Verh. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=184400
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Mark Hyde
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Bart Wursten
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Petra Ballings
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Description

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Erect perennial herb, up to 25 cm high. Leaves opposite, sessile, ascending, linear, 5-10 cm long, sparsely pubescent on both surfaces or sometimes hairless below. Flowers in branched heads in the upper leaf axils, densely pubescent. Corolla lobes ovate, c. 4 × 2 mm, violet, hairless. Corona lobes fleshy, 3-segmented; central segment 3-4 mm long; lateral segments 0.5-1.5 mm long, hairless. Fruit not known.
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Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
bibliographic citation
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Raphionacme pulchella Venter & R.L. Verh. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=184400
author
Mark Hyde
author
Bart Wursten
author
Petra Ballings
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Flora of Zimbabwe

Worldwide distribution

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Border Mts of Mozambique and Zimbabwe but also on the Central Watershead Plateau near Harare.
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Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
bibliographic citation
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Raphionacme pulchella Venter & R.L. Verh. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=184400
author
Mark Hyde
author
Bart Wursten
author
Petra Ballings
original
visit source
partner site
Flora of Zimbabwe