Derivation of specific name
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
cuspidata: abruptly ending in a long drawn out point, referring to the long inflorescence appendages.
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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). Dorstenia cuspidata Hochst. ex A. Rich.
var. cuspidata Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=120180
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Description
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Herb with annual stems, erect, up to 40 cm. tall, usually unbranched, arising from a tuber, discoid, subglobose or irregular. Petioles (2)5-25 cm.; leaves spirally arranged, scale-like on the lower stem; normal leaves with lamina elliptic to oblong, lanceolate to linear. Receptacle triangular with three appendages, or variously shaped with 4-14 appendages.
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Dorstenia cuspidata Hochst. ex A. Rich.
var. cuspidata Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=120180
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
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From Senegal and South Sudan to Mozambique, and Zimbabwe.
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Dorstenia cuspidata Hochst. ex A. Rich.
var. cuspidata Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=120180
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
