Mimulopsis solmsii is a flowering plant from the family Acanthaceae. It is a native to the mountains of tropical Africa. It is the type species for the genus Mimulopsis.[3][4] [5] [6]
It is a shrubby perennial herb, with a scrambling or erect form. Its leaves are ovate, opposite, and large, up to 21 cm, with a coarsely-toothed margin.[7]
Its flowers form a large open and branched inflorescence, 15-35 cm long, made up of 1 to 9-flowered groups. The flowers are five-petaled, white to pale mauve with an orange-brown throat and one or two yellow markings.[7]
Plants flower abundantly after 5 to 9 years, and die back after flowering.[7]
Mimulopsis solmsii is native to the mountains of tropical Africa, including Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone in West Africa, Cameroon, Nigeria, and the Gulf of Guinea Islands in west-central Africa, and Ethiopia, South Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, and Zimbabwe in eastern Africa.[2]
It grows in the understorey of and along the margins of evergreen montane forests between 950 and 2300 meters elevation.[7]
Mimulopsis solmsii is a flowering plant from the family Acanthaceae. It is a native to the mountains of tropical Africa. It is the type species for the genus Mimulopsis.
Mimulopsis solmsii Schweinf. est une espèce de plantes de la famille des Acanthaceae et du genre Mimulopsis.
Son épithète spécifique solmsii rend hommage au botaniste allemand Hermann zu Solms-Laubach.
Selon Tropicos (9 janvier 2018)[2] (attention, liste brute contenant possiblement des synonymes) :
Mimulopsis solmsii Schweinf. est une espèce de plantes de la famille des Acanthaceae et du genre Mimulopsis.
Mimulopsis solmsii là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Ô rô. Loài này được Schweinf. mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1868.[2]
Mimulopsis solmsii là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Ô rô. Loài này được Schweinf. mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1868.
