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Lobelia mossiana

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Name

Identification
Lobelia mossiana R.D.Good [family LOBELIACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Lobelia mossiana
  • Lobelia flaccida

Flora

Entry for Lobelia flaccida subsp. mossiana R. Good Thulin [family LOBELIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 7, Part 1, page 116, (1983) Author: M. Thulin
Names
Lobelia flaccida subsp. mossiana R. Good Thulin [family LOBELIACEAE], comb. nov. Type from S. Africa (Transvaal).
Lobelia mossiana R. Good [family LOBELIACEAE], in Journ. Bot., Lond. 62: 49 (1924). — E. Wimmer in Engl., Pflanzenr. IV. 276 b: 551 (1953) & 276 c: 868 (1968) pro parte. Type as for Lobelia flaccida subsp. mossiana.
Lobelia senegalensis var. subaspera E. Wimmer [family LOBELIACEAE], tom. cit.: 552 (1953) & IV. 276 c: 869 (1968) pro parte. Syntypes from Transvaal, Zimbabwe: Chirinda, Swynnerton 513 (B), Umtali, Engler 3205 (B) & Odzani R., Teague 559 (K) and Mozambique: Johnson 116 (K).
Information
Leaves up to 25–70 x 2–10 mm., serrate to sparsely serrulate, linear to lanceolate, the basal ones linear to obovate. Pedicels 5–14(20) mm. long, papillose or glabrous; bracts usually equalling or longer than pedicels. Calyx–lobes 3–5·5 mm. long, entire or very occasionally toothed, ciliate to pubescent. Corolla usually white, pale mauve or ±: pale blue, 9–13 mm. long.
Habitat
Woodland, grassland, stream sides and on disturbed or cultivated ground.
Distribution
Mozambique M Libombos, near Namaacha, Mt. M’Ponduine, 800 m., 22.ii.1955, Exell, Mendonça & Wild 506 (BM; LISC; SRGH).Zimbabwe S Belingwe Distr., Mt. Buhwa, 1000 m., 1.v.1973, Biegel, Pope & Simon 4250 (MO; SRGH).Mozambique MS Sérra Mocuta, 1250 m., 3.vi.1971, Biegel & Pope 3525 (LISC; SRGH).Zimbabwe E Umtali Golf Course, 1100 m., 5.xii.1950, Chase 3232 (BM; COI; SRGH).
Distribution (external)
Transvaal
Natal
Swaziland
Notes
In all material from Zimbabwe and Manica e Sofala the pedicels and calyces are papillose, while in material from S. Mozambique as well as from parts of Natal the pedicels are glabrous and the calyx–lobes only are ciliate. Such specimens may be difficult to distinguish from L. erinus. The narrow wings along the stem in L. fiaccida subsp. mossiana is the most reliable character. Subsp. flaccida is distributed from Transvaal to E. Cape.

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