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Dracaena steudneri
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Leopard Rock Golf Course
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National Botanic Gardens Harare
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Path to staff compound, just outside Fence of Aberfoyle Country Lodge
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| Synonyms: | |
| Common names: | Northern large-leaved dragon-tree (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
A single-, or multi-stemmed palm-like tree, up to 15m tall, with dense terminal rosettes of leaves |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | steudneri: after Dr. Hermann Steudner (1832-1863), German physician, botanist, explorer, and plant collector who worked in Ethiopia and Eritrea. |
| Habitat: | Margins of evergreen forest |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 700 - 2000 m |
| Flowering time: | Aug |
| Worldwide distribution: | DRC, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | C,E |
| Growth form(s): | Tree. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | Artitropa erinnys nyasae (Larval foodplant) |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 305. Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 60. (Includes a picture). Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Page 116. Dowsett-Lemaire, F. (1989). The flora and phytogeography of the evergreen forests of Malawi. I: Afromontane and mid-altitude forests; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 59(1/2) Page 20. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 232. La Croix, I. (2010). Dracaenaceae Flora Zambesiaca 13(2) Pages 17 - 18. 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 90. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 80. White, F. (1962). Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia Oxford Univ. Press. Page 16. White, F., Dowsett-Lemaire, F. & Chapman, J.D. (2001). Evergreen forest flora of Malawi Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Page 101. |
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