Gnidia usafuae Gilg

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Thymelaeaceae > Gnidia

Characteristics

Much-branched shrub up to 1.5 m. high.. Branches glabrous; bark brown or chestnut-red.. Leaves with petiole ± 1 mm. long; leaf-blade linear-lanceolate, (8–)12–18(–26) mm. long, 1–8 mm. wide, glabrous.. Inflorescence capitate, terminal and axillary, 30–60-flowered.. Bracts 4–6, broadly elliptic to suborbicular, 6–9 mm. long, 5–8 mm. wide, scarious, glabrous, brown or chestnut-coloured, persistent.. Flowers yellow, 4-merous; pedicel 1.5–2 mm. long, villous.. Calyx-tube 6–10 mm. long, silvery pubescent above the articulation, glabrous below; lobes oblong, rounded, 1.5–2.5 mm. long, 1–1.2 mm. wide, pubescent on the outside.. Petals linear or narrowly elliptic, 0.5–1.2 mm. long.. Stamens with very short filaments, anthers 0.5–0.7 mm. long, the upper whorl slightly exserted.. Ovary glabrous; disc none; style 4–5 mm. long.. Seed 2.5–3 mm. long, 1 mm. wide.
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Calyx tube 6–10 mm long, silvery pubescent above the articulation, glabrous below; lobes 1.5–2.5 × 1–1.5 mm, elliptic to oblong, rounded, pubescent on the outside.
Bracts 4–6, 6–9 × 5–8 mm, broadly elliptic to suborbicular, acute to rounded, scarious, glabrous, brown or chestnut-coloured, persistent.
Leaves alternate, with petiole c. 1 mm long; lamina (8)12–16(28)× 1–8 mm, linear, narrowly elliptic to narrowly obovate, acute, glabrous.
Stamens with very short filaments; anthers 0.5–0.7 mm long, the upper whorl slightly exserted.
Inflorescence capitate, peduncled, terminal and axillary, 30–60-flowered, usually nodding.
Flowers 4-merous, yellow or greenish-yellow; pedicels 1.5–2 mm long, villous.
Branches slender at top, ± glabrous; bark brown or chestnut-red.
Petals 0.5–1.2 mm long, linear to narrowly elliptic.
Ovary glabrous; disk none; style 4–5 mm long.
Much branched shrub up to 1.5 m high.
Seed 2.5–3 × 1 mm.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.5
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Gnidia usafuae world distribution map, present in Mozambique, Malawi, and Tanzania, United Republic of

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:831930-1
WFO ID wfo-0000705019
COL ID 6KMZJ
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Synonyms

Gnidia usafuae Gnidia nutans