Anthospermum usambarense K.Schum.

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Road between Chelinda Bridge and Dam 3, Nyika National Park

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Synonyms:	Anthospermum aberdaricum K. Krause Anthospermum keilii K. Krause Anthospermum leuconeuron K.Schum. Anthospermum prittwitzii K. Schum.
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Description:	Single-stemmed, erect, shrub, 1–3 m tall. Stem mostly much-branched above with branches more or less regular, opposite or 3-whorled, often ascending to more or less erect, often densely leafy. Leaves opposite of 3-whorled, subsessile, narrowly obovate, oblanceolate, oblong-elliptic, lanceolate to almost linear, 3–15 mm long, rarely up to 20 mm, mostly hairless; margins often rolled under; stipular sheath shortly hairy, with 3–8 setae 1–4 mm long. Flowers unisexual on different plants, subsessile, in many-flowered clusters at nodes; female inflorescences often quite contracted, dense, cylindrical; corolla usually 4-merous, greenish to creamy yellow, often dark purplish-red or -brown ringed outside. Male flowers larger than female. Fruit reddish-brown, shiny or greyish-brown; mericarps more or less obovate, oblong to elliptic, 1.2–2.4 mm long, mostly hairless, crowned by 2 triangular calyx lobes, one often larger than the other.
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Derivation of specific name:	usambarense: of the Usambara Mts.
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Worldwide distribution:	Southern Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, northern Malawi and Zambia (Nyika only).
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Literature:	Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 108 - 109. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 238. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 87. Verdcourt, B. (1988). Rubiaceae, Part 1 Flora Zambesiaca 5(1) Page 153.

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