Compilation
Aptosimum randii
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Name
Identification
Aptosimum randii S.Moore [family SCROPHULARIACEAE ] Aptosimum lineare Marloth&Engl. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
- Aptosimum randii
- Aptosimum lineare
Flora
Entry for Aptosimum lineare Marl. & Engl. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 8, Part 2, (1990) Author: D. Philcox
Names
Aptosimum lineare Marl. & Engl. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 10: 25 (1889). —Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. 1: 755 (1898). —Hiern in F.C. 4, 2: 129 (1904). —Hemsl. & Skan in F.T.A.4, 2: 269 (1906). —Merxm. & Roessler in Merxm., Prodr. Fl. SW. Afr.126: 17 (1967). Type from Namibia.
Aptosimum randii S. Moore [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], in Journ. Bot. 37: 171 (1899). Type: Zimbabwe, Bulawayo, fl. Dec. 1897, Rand 180 (BM, holotype).
Information
Plant usually prostrate, branched or rarely densely tufted under-shrub; branches 2–15(40) cm. long, densely leafy. Leaves 1.5–10 x 0.1–0.65(0.9) cm., linear to linear-oblong or narrowly oblanceolate, apex obtuse, short apiculate, attenuate to subsessile or sessile base, sparsely long glandular-hirsute above, very sparsely hispid on major nerve beneath, ciliate especially below; midrib thickened, prominent beneath, at least lower part persistent, spinescent. Flowers sessile to subsessile; bracts to 7 mm. long, 1 mm. wide, narrowly linear. Calyx c. 8 mm. long, lobes 5–7 mm. long, narrowly linear-lanceolate, acute, prominently 1-nerved, long pilose-ciliate. Corolla up to 2.5 cm. long, bright deep blue to violet, darker at throat, sparsely and usually shortly glandular-pilose without, lobes subequal, broadly obovate. Lower stamens more than half as long as corolla tube; anthers pilose; style hairy below, slender, exceeding corolla tube. Ovary compressed-ovoid, glabrous. Capsule c. 5 x 4.5 mm. laterally compressed-obovoid, pubescent; seeds black.
Habitat
Grasslands bordering riverine woodlands
Altitude range
900–1200 m.
1200
900
Distribution
Mozambique GI Caniçado, fl. & fv. 11.vi.1975, Marques 2801 (MO).Zimbabwe S Gwanda Distr., Tzibizini Dam, Doddiebum Ranch, c. 725 m., fl. & fr. 5.v.1972, Pope 647 (BR; K; LISC; PRE; SRGH).Zimbabwe C Marondera (Marandellas), fl. 10.i.1950, West 3138 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe E Lower Sabi Distr, Devuli R.,c. 1200 m., fl. 1.ii.1948, Wild 2469 (BR;K; SRGH).Botswana SE Lobatse, 64 km. SE. of Gaborone, fl. 5.v.1974, Mott 248 (K; SRGH).Botswana SW Deception Pan, Central Kalahari Game Reserve, fl. & fr. 5.iv.1975, Owens 81 (K; PRE; SRGH).Mozambique Z Limpopo, Guija, 20 km. on road to Massingire, fl. & fr. 22.v.1948, Torre 7913 (LISC).Zimbabwe W Plumtree Distr., Tegwani, fl. & fr. 8.i.1946, McCosh 11 (K; SRGH).Botswana N Boteti R., Toromoja, fl. 10.xii.1978, Smith 2587 (K; PRE; SRGH).
Distribution (external)
Angola
Namibia
S. Africa
Notes
There is a specimen in the Kew Herbarium collected by Alfred Owen purportedly from “N. Rhodesia and country beyond”. By the distribution as seen above, Zambia seems unlikely as the locality; more probably it was collected from Botswana.