| Synonyms: |
Barleria exellii Benoist |
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| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
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| Type location: |
Angola, Benguela |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | gossweileri: after John Gossweiler (1873-1952), botanist of Swiss origin, who collected more than 14000 specimens in Angola between 1900 and 1950. |
| Habitat: | On dry rocky hillslopes, desert peneplains with scattered trees and shrubs and from shaded dry thickets. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 20 - 450 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Only known from Angola. |
| Provinces: | BE,NA |
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| Endemic status: | Endemic |
| Red data list status: | Lower Risk - least concern |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| 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 155 - 156. Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola Strelitzia 22 SANBI, Pretoria Page 21. also as B. exellii |