- Family:
- Lamiaceae Martinov
- Genus:
- Achyrospermum Blume
Achyrospermum cryptanthum Baker

[FTEA]
Lamiaceae (Labiatae), A.J. Paton, G. Bramley, O. Ryding, R.M. Polhill, Y.B. Harvey, M. Iwarsson, F. Willis, P.B. Phillipson, K. Balkwill, C.W. Lukhoba, D.F. Otieno, & R.M. Harley. Achyrospermum, R.M. Polhill. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2009
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Style
- Style 10–11 mm long
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Nutlets dull brown, ovoid-ellipsoid, including appendages 2.5 × 1 mm.
- Ecology
- Montane forest and associated bushland; 1800–2400 m
- Conservation
- Least concern; widely distributed
- Type
- Type: Malawi, Misuku Hills [Masuku Plateau], July 1896, Whyte s.n. (K!, holo.)
- Morphology General Habit
- Woody perennial herb or shrub, 0.5–3 m tall, sometimes scrambling in other vegetation, peppermint-scented when crushed
- Morphology Stem
- Stems sparingly to moderately branched, subquadrangular to rounded, pubescent to pilose with mostly appressed antrorse hairs, but sometimes of different length and the longer ones more spreading
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves petiolate; blade ovate-elliptic to elliptic or broadly elliptic, 3–13 × 2.5–10 cm, serrate with ± 20–30 teeth on each side, acuminate, basally cuneate, not or shortly attenuate, pubescent on both surfaces, mostly on veins beneath, with 6–8 pairs of ascending lateral veins; petiole 5–40 mm long
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescences terminal, occasionally a few flowers in the axils immediately below, shortly pedunculate, dense, but rhachis usually evident between the partially fallen bracts, 3–14 cm long, with ± 30–50 bracts each subtending 3–5 flowers; bracts sometimes flushed pink, ovate to broadly elliptic or oblate, 6–12 mm long, acuminate to long-caudate, sometimes gland-tipped, ciliate, puberulous to pubescent on the surface, often with scattered sessile glands, some persisting, some falling; bracteoles linear or elliptic, ± 1 mm long; pedicels 1–4 mm long
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx sometimes pinkish, 7–8(–10 in fruit) mm long, puberulous to pubescent on the tube, the hairs becoming longer upwards and especially near margins of lobes, sometimes with sessile glands; lobes ovatetriangular, slightly acuminate, 2–2.5 mm long, the tips sometimes gland-tipped
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla white to generally flushed pink to lilac with a white centre, 9–10 mm long, pubescent on exserted part; posterior lip 2–2.5 mm long, deeply emarginate; anterior lip 4.5–6 mm long, lateral lobes 1.5–2 mm long, puberulent along filament lines in the throat
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens with posterior filaments 1.5–2.5 mm long, the anterior ones 2.5–4 mm long
- Distribution
- Flora districts: T4 T5 T7 Range: Highland areas around the north end of Lake Malawi in Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique
Native to:
Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia
Achyrospermum cryptanthum Baker appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Jan 1, 2011 | Gereau, R.E. et al [7225], Tanzania | K000735330 | No | ||
Sep 1, 2007 | Mwangoka [4137], Tanzania | K000248165 | No | ||
Jan 1, 2007 | Abeid, Y.S. [2091], Tanzania | K000479281 | No | ||
Johnson, Rev. W. [s.n.], Mozambique | K000193081 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
Whyte, A. [s.n.], Malawi | K000193080 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
Hooper, S.S. [1759], Tanzania | K000509172 | Yes |
First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1898: 162 (1898)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Paton, A.J., Bramley, G., Ryding, O., Polhill, R., Harvey, Y., Iwarsson, M., Willis, F., Phillipson, P., Balkwill, K., Lukhoba, C., Otiend, D & Harley (2009). Lamiaceae (Labiatae) Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-430.
- Paton, A.J., Bramley, G., Ryding, O., Polhill, R.M., Harvey, Y.B., Iwarsson, M., Otieno, D., Balkwill, K., Phillipson, P.B., Harley, R.M. & Willis, F. (2013). Flora Zambesiaca 8(8): 1-346. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Paton, A.J., Bramley, G., Ryding, O., Polhill, R., Harvey, Y., Iwarsson, M., Willis, F., Phillipson, P., Balkwill, K., Lukhoba, C., Otiend, D & Harley (2009). Lamiaceae (Labiatae) Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-430.
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- F.T.A. 5: 464 (1900)
- K.B. 1898: 162 (1898)
- K.B. 1936: 58 (1936)
- T.T.C.L.: 252 (1949).
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
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