| Delphinium leroyi Franch. ex Huth |
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| Family : RANUNCULACEAE |
| Protologue : Helios, 11: 73 (1873); Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20: 474, t. 6 fig. 5 (1895) |
| Information on the genus : Delphinium |
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Status
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Delphinium wellbyi Hemsl. (1907) |
| =Delphinium goetzeanum Engl. (1901) |
| =Delphinium gommingeri Volkens ex Engl. (1910) |
| =Delphinium ruspolianum Engl. (1910) |
| =Delphinium candidum Hemsl. (1907) |
| =*Delphinium vanderweyeri auct. Anon. in Gard. Chron. Ser. 3, 54: 55 (1913) |
| =Delphinium macrosepalum Engl. (1910) sphalm. 'macrocephalum' |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Erect perennial herb 0,4-1,5(-2) m tall; with great variation in 'stem indumentum. |
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| Ecology : |
Open upland grassland, evergreen bushland; 1200-2440 m alt. (Fl. Zambes. area); to 3050 m (E Afr.); abundant. Occasional hybrids with D. dasycaulon occur on the Nyika Plateau (Malawi), fide S. D. Johnson o.c. |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
- (1952). Flora of Tropical East Africa Ranunculaceae: 20
- Exell, A. & Wild, H. (1960). Flora Zambesiaca: Mozambique, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Bechuanaland Protectorate. London Kew 1[1]: 101
- Darbyshire, I. Kordofami, M. & al. (2015). The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, An annoted checklist. Kew Publishing
Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- Eur. Gard. Fl. 3: 346 (1989).
Bibliography other :
- Chartier M., S. Dressler, & al. (2016). The evolution of afro-montane Delphinium (Ranunculaceae): Morphospecies, phylogenetics and biogeography. Taxon 65(6): 1319
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| Record n°83162 modified 2007-04-04 |
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