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Diclis ovata Benth. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE]

Date Updated: 26 July 2007

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
Diclis ovata Benth. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], in Hook., Comp. Bot. Mag.2: 23 (1836); in DC., Prodr.10: 265 (1846). —Hemsl. & Skan in F.T.A.4, 2: 287 (1906). TAB.4, fig. B. Type from Madagascar. Linaria veronicoides A. Rich. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 114 (1851). Type from Ethiopia. Anarrhinum veronicoides A. Rich. Kuntze [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], in Jahrb. Bot. Gart. Berl. 4: 269 (1886). Type as above. Simbuleta veronicoides A. Rich. Kuntze [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], Rev. Gen. Pl. 2: 465 (1891). Type as above.
Information
Prostrate or decumbent annual herb, sparingly branched; branches 4–30 cm. long, slender, minutely pubescent Leaves petiolate; lamina 10–25(35) x 3–13(24) mm., broadly ovate, obtuse, cuneate at base, shallowly dentate to denticulate, sparsely, minutely glandular-pubescent to subglabrous above, slightly denser beneath especially on major nerves; petiole (2)6–10(16) mm. long, shortly stipitate glandular. Pedicels 10–24(55) mm. long, capillary to rarely filiform, stipitate glandular. Calyx 1.4–2.4 mm. long, lobes 0.6–1 mm. wide, unequal, ovate-oblong, sparsely glandular stipitate. Corolla 2–3(4) mm. long including spur, white to cream, occasionally upper lip pink-tinged; spur 0.4–1(1.8) mm. long, straight, glandular; upper lip bifid, lobes short, acute; lower lip trilobed, lobes rounded. Capsule 2–2.5 x 2–3 mm., compressed globose, shallowly emarginate, sparsely and finely stipitate glandular.
Habitat
Weed of cultivation, damp woodland tracks, riversides and occasionally open savannas
Altitude range
750–2400 m. 2400 750
Distribution
Mozambique M Maputo (Lourenco Marques), Jardim Vasco da Gama, fl. & fr. 3.iv.1971, Balsinhas 1939 (K; LISC).Malawi S Blantyre Distr., Limbe, 1140 m., fl. & fr. 24.ii.1970, Brummitt 8737 (K; SRGH).Mozambique GI Gaza Distr., Bilene between Chissano and Licilo, fl. & fr. 5.viii.1958, Barbosa & Lemos 8297 (K).Malawi C Dedza Distr., Chongoni Forestry School, fl. & fr. 27.i.1967, Salubeni 522 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe S Chibi Distr., c. 6 km. N. of Rundi (Lundi) R. Bridge, fl. & fr. 3.v.1962, Drummond 7913 (K; PRE; SRGH).Zimbabwe E Nyanga (Inyanga) Distr., Pungwe Hills, c. 1860 m., fl. & fr. 23.x.1946, Wild 1489 (BR; K; SRGH).Zimbabwe C Marondera (Marandellas), fl. & fr. 13.iv.1948, Corby 93 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe W Hwange Distr., Victoria Falls, 880 m., fr. 6.viii.1979, Mshasha 216 (SRGH).Zambia S Livingstone Distr., Victoria Falls, fl. & fr. 3.viii.1947, Brenan & Greenway 7633 (K; P).Zambia C Chilanga, c. 1200 m., fl. & fr. 8.vi.1958, Stewart 124 (K).Zambia W Kitwe, fl. & fr. 3.iii.1968, Mutimushi 2513 (K; SRGH).Zambia N Mbala Distr., Itimbwe Gorge, 1500 m., fl. & fr. 3.i.1960, Richards 12053 (K).Mozambique Z Milanje Distr., Serra Turbina, c. 900 m., fl. & fr. 17.i.1971, Hilliard & Burtt 6296 (E).Malawi N Rumphi Distr., Nyika Plateau, Kafwimba Forest, 1875 m., fl. & fr. 28.iv.1973, Pawek 6694 (K).Zimbabwe N Makonde Distr., Mashunganyendi Pools, c. 425 m., fr. 9.ix.1950, Whellan 469 (SRGH).Zambia B edge of Mashi R., Shangombo, c. 1050 m., fl. & fr. 8.viii.1952, Codd 7691 (PRE).
Distribution (external)
West Africa Ethiopia Sudan East Africa Madagascar Mascarene Islands Angola
Diclis ovata Benth. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE]
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