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Curculigo pilosa
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Photo: Ton Rulkens
Metuge District
Photo: Ton Rulkens
Metuge District
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| Synonyms: |
Curculigo gallabatensis Schweinf. ex Baker Curculigo gallabatensis Schweinf. ex Baker var. major Baker Curculigo minor Guinea Curculigo pilosa (Schumach & Thonn.) Engl. subsp. minor (Guinea) Wiland Curculigo pilosa (Schumach & Thonn.) Engl. subsp. major (Baker) Wiland Gethyllis pilosa Schumach. & Thonn. |
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| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial herb up to 45 cm high, growing from a vertical cylindrical rhizome, up to 9.5 cm long. Leaves many, stiffly erect; outer ones sheathing at the base with lamina absent or up to 12 cm long, more or less densely hairy; inner leaves 2-6, linear-lanceolate to linear-elliptic, up to 45 cm long, plicate, thinly hairy with stellate hairs or almost hairless, narrowing into a hairy pseudopetiole before sheathing at the base. Inflorescences up to 3with peduncles usually less than 2 cm long, flattened in cross-section, hairy. Flowers 1-2, subsessile, yellow, 2-3.5 cm in diameter. Fruit fusiform, 17-30 mm long with the remains of the perianth tube at the apex, eclosed within 2 bracts up to 20 mm long. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | pilosa: pilose, with long soft hairs |
| Habitat: | Usually in alluvial soils near rivers in mopane and mixed deciduous woodland. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 1200 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Fairly widespread in tropical Africa. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,C,E |
| Growth form(s): | Perennial. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Monday 8 August 2016 |
| Literature: |
Binns, B. (1968). A First Check List of the Herbaceous Flora of Malawi The Government Printer, Zomba, Malawi Page 18. Also as Curculigo gallabatensis (Under Amaryllidaceae) 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 91. Nordal, I. & Zimudzi, C. (2001). Hypoxidaceae Flora Zambesiaca 12(3) Pages 2 - 4. (Includes a picture). |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Curculigo pilosaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Curculigo pilosa
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Curculigo pilosa
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