Barleria phaylopsis Milne-Redh.

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Habit
Degraded miombo woodland
Mangango area, Kaoma District
Apr 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman

Flower
Degraded miombo woodland
Mangango area, Kaoma District
Apr 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman

Habit
Degraded miombo woodland
Kalema area, Nkeyema District
Apr 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman

Flower
Degraded miombo woodland
Kalema area, Nkeyema District
Apr 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman

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Synonyms:	Barleri affinis De Wild.
Common names:
Frequency:	Rare in Angola.
Status:	Native
Description:	Suffrutex with several decumbent or creeping stems 15–30 cm long from a woody rootstock; stems hispid, hairs (buff-)golden, ascending or spreading. Leaves subsessile, oblong-elliptic or oblanceolate, 4–9.5 × 1.2–3 cm, base cuneate, apex acute or lower leaves obtuse, with numerous (buff-)golden hispid hairs on margin and midrib only or evenly distributed on both surfaces. Inflorescence terminal, sometimes also in uppermost leafy axils, densely spiciform or subcapitate, 2–5.5 cm long, each axil single-flowered or lowermost axils 2–3-flowered; bracts oblanceolate or narrowly elliptic, sometimes flushed purple distally or throughout, 9.5–15.5 × 1.5–4.5 mm (basal pairs to 23 × 7.5 mm), base cuneate, apex acute, ± densely glandular-pilose; bracteoles as bracts but (elliptic-)oblanceolate to linear, 9–14.5 × 1–2 mm, glandular hairs more numerous; flowers sessile. Calyx often flushed purple at least towards apex, pale at base. Corolla 17–22 mm long, white, pink, lilac or bright blue, with or without purple guidelines, lateral lobes sparsely pubescent externally; tube cylindrical, 9.5–11.5 mm long; limb in 2+3 arrangement, abaxial lobe 6–10.5 × 4.5–7 mm; lateral lobes 7–10.5 × 3–6 mm; adaxial pair fused for 0.7–5 mm, free portions oblanceolate to subulate, 4.5–10 × 1.5–4 mm. Capsule c.14.5 mm long, puberulous.
Type location:	Zambia
Notes:	Sofar only known from a single specimen in Angola (Mendes dos Santos 2049, LUBA). Not listed in Figueiredo & Smith (2008).
Derivation of specific name:
Habitat:	In Brachystegia woodland.
Altitude range: (metres)	1400 m (approx)
Flowering time:	Apr - Jun
Worldwide distribution:	Zambia, DR Congo and Angola
Provinces:	CC
Growth form(s):	Shrub under 2 m.
Endemic status:
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Literature:	Darbyshire, I., Manzitto-Tripp, E.A. & Chase, F.M. (2021). A taxonomic revision of Acanthaceae tribe Barlerieae in Angola and Namibia. Part 2 Kew Bulletin 76 Pages 144 - 146. (Includes a picture). Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2015). Acanthaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 8(6) Pages 107 - 108. Meerts, P. et al. (2026). A checklist of the vascular plants of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. PhytoKeys 277

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