Derivation of specific name
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rehmannii: named for Anton Rehmann, 1840-1917, Polish botanist and collector
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Aeollanthus rehmannii Gürke Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=149600
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Description
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Aromatic perennial herb or subshrub. Stems 1-many, erect or ascending, 15-100 cm long, with recurved hairs. Leaves opposite, ovate, rarely elliptic with prominent veins below; margins crenate-dentate. Inflorescence a lax panicle. Flowers often one-sided on the lateral inflorescence branches. Bracts elliptic, lanceolate or linear, up to 3.5 mm long. Corolla white or pale violet; upper lip subequally 4-lobed with vertical rows of dark violet spots; lower lip boat-shaped, often darker towards the apex.
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Aeollanthus rehmannii Gürke Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=149600
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Frequency
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Common
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Aeollanthus rehmannii Gürke Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=149600
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
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Western Angola and Namibia in the West; eastern Zambia, southern Tanzania to S Africa in the East.
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Aeollanthus rehmannii Gürke Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=149600
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
