- Family: Acanthaceae Juss.
- Genus: Barleria L.
- Species: Barleria crassa C.B.Clarke
Barleria crassa subsp. ramulosoides I.Darbysh.
- Species: Barleria crassa C.B.Clarke
- Genus: Barleria L.
This subspecies is accepted, and its native range is Zambia.
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Flora Zambesiaca Acanthaceae (part 2) by Iain Darbyshire, Kaj Vollesen and Ensermu Kelbessa
- Diagnostic
- subsp. nov. Differs from subsp. crassa and subsp. mbalensis in the outer calyx lobes being elliptic or obovate with base cuneate, not ovate with base rounded, truncate or cordate, and in having prominent apical spines on the young leaves.
- Leaves
- Leaves with spine tip conspicuous at least when young, typically 1–2 mm long.
- Calyx
- Young calyx pale green to mauve(-brown), outer lobes broadly elliptic or obovate, 10.5–15 × 5–7.5(9) mm, base attenuate or cuneate, margin denticulate to spinulose-dentate; lateral lobes 4–7.5 mm long.
- Corolla
- Corolla blue or purple, sparsely pilose externally; tube 15–22 mm long; abaxial and lateral lobes 9–14 mm long; adaxial lobes 6–9.5 mm long.
- Staminodes
- Lateral staminodes 1.2–2.8 mm long, with pilose hairs throughout or at base only; antherodes minute, 0.2–0.4 mm long.
- Distribution
- Not known elsewhere.
- Ecology
- Rocky slopes and hill summits, including in miombo woodland; 1200–1650 m.
- Conservation
- Conservation notes: Known from only 7 collections in EC and NE Zambia, it is clearly scarce but is found in a largely unthreatened habitat; not threatened.
Native to:
Zambia
Barleria crassa subsp. ramulosoides I.Darbysh. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Fl. Zambes. 8(6): 55 (2015)
Accepted by
- Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2015). Flora Zambesiaca 8(6): 1-314. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Flora Zambesiaca
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Kew Backbone Distributions
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
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