Derivation of specific name
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hookeri: in 1841 named after Sir William Jackson Hooker, first director of the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew.
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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). Pseudarthria hookeri Wight & Arn.
var. hookeri Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=130940
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Description
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Tall perennial herb, up to 2 to 3 m, which dies back in winter. Stems angular and ribbed, hairy. Leaves 3-foliolate, dark green and rough above, paler and hairy beneath; margins finely dentate. Inflorescences terminal and in the upper leaf axils, branched, many-flowered. Flowers light to deep pink, occasionally white.
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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). Pseudarthria hookeri Wight & Arn.
var. hookeri Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=130940
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Frequency
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Common
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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). Pseudarthria hookeri Wight & Arn.
var. hookeri Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=130940
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
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Widespread in tropical Africa from Ethiopia southwards to Angola and South Africa
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Pseudarthria hookeri Wight & Arn.
var. hookeri Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=130940
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
