Mimulopsis solmsii
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Acanthaceae |
| Genus: | Mimulopsis |
| Species: | M. solmsii
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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]
Description
[edit]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]
Range and habitat
[edit]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]
References
[edit]- ^ "Mimulopsis G". Index Nominum Genericorum. International Association for Plant Taxonomy. 1996-02-09. Retrieved 2008-05-06.
- ^ a b Mimulopsis solmsii Schweinf. Plants of the World Online, Kew Science. Accessed 21 September 2022.
- ^ Aluka. "Mimulopsis solmsii Schweinf. var. solmsii [family ACANTHACEAE]". African Plants. Ithaka Harbors, Inc. Retrieved 2008-05-07.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Nkurunungi, John Bosco; Jessica Ganas; Martha M. Robbins; Craig B. Stanford (2004). "A comparison of two mountain gorilla habitats in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda" (PDF). African Journal of Ecology. 42 (4): 289–297. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2028.2004.00523.x. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-06-13. Retrieved 2008-05-07.
- ^ Richards, P. W. (November 1963). "Ecological Notes on West African Vegetation III. The Upland Forests of Cameroons Mountain". The Journal of Ecology. 51 (3). British Ecological Society: 529–554. doi:10.2307/2257746. JSTOR 2257746.
- ^ Jackson, J. K. (July 1956). "The Vegetation of the Imatong Mountains, Sudan". The Journal of Ecology. 44 (2). British Ecological Society: 341–374. doi:10.2307/2256827. JSTOR 2256827.
- ^ a b c d Mimulopsis solmsii Schweinf. Flora of Zimbabwe. Accessed 21 September 2022.
External links
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- "Mimulopsis solmsii Schweinf. record n° 177677". African Plants Database. South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and Tela Botanica. Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2008-05-07.