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Pimpinella neglecta

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Name

Identification
Pimpinella neglecta C.Norman [family APIACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Pimpinella neglecta

Flora

Entry for Pimpinella neglecta Norman [family UMBELLIFERAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 4, Part 0, page 553, (1978) Author: M. L. Gonçalves
Names
Pimpinella neglecta Norman [family UMBELLIFERAE], in Journ. Linn. Soc., Bot. 47: 583 (1927). Type: Rhodesia, Mazoe Distr., fl. ix.1906, Eyles 404 (BM, holotype; SRGH, isotype).
Information
Sinuous, wiry, glabrous perennial or biennial herb up to 45 cm., with a large elongate or subglobular taproot. Stems terete, with few grooves. Basal leaves with petioles up to 5 cm., with large membranous sheathing bases. Lamina emarginate to cordate at the base, apex rounded, margin dentate to denticulate. Stem leaves much reduced to prominently toothed appendages, the uppermost to sheathing bases alone. Umbels terminal and lateral; rays 3–7, 1·5–7 cm. long, relatively robust; bracts and bracteoles 0; partial umbels with 5–7 flowers with pedicels 5–15 mm. long. Calyx teeth obsolete; petals distinctly yellow, with incurved apices. Fruit 3 × 1·5 mm., ovoid, somewhat laterally compressed, ribs filiform. Stylopodium low-conical; styles 1 mm. long, only slightly clubbed at the apex, slightly divergent and becoming reflexed with maturity. Carpophore probably 2-cleft (other structural details of fruit not known in mature state).
Habitat
In open grassland
Range
Apparently confined to the F.Z. area, but very possibly also occurring in Zaire and Tanzania.
Altitude range
c. 1000 m.
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Distribution
Zambia C between Broken Hill and Bwana Mkubwa, fl. 1916, Allen 347 (K).Zambia W 67 km. W. of Chingola on Solwezi road, fl. 21.x.1969 , Drummond & Williamson 9213 (SRGH).Zimbabwe N Mazoe Distr., fl. ix.1906, Eyles 404 (BM; SRGH)Zambia B Mankoya, Lusna R., fl. & fr. 20.xi.1959, Drummond & Cookson 6680 (BM; K; SRGH).
Notes
A very easily recognised species, with its bright yellow flowers and characteristic habit.

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