Derivation of specific name
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platypetalum: with broad petals; oatesii: after naturalist Frank Oates (1840-1875), who collected birds and plants in Matabeland
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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). Combretum platypetalum Welw. ex M.A. Lawson
subsp. oatesii (Rolfe) Exell Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=142030
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Description
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A dwarf shrub with annual stems, typically less than 30 cm, growing from a woody rootstock. Leaves elliptic to obovate, glabrous; margin entire. Flowers in short racemes bright crimson. Fruits 4-winged pink to bright red when ripe.
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Combretum platypetalum Welw. ex M.A. Lawson
subsp. oatesii (Rolfe) Exell Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=142030
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- 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). Combretum platypetalum Welw. ex M.A. Lawson
subsp. oatesii (Rolfe) Exell Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=142030
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
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DRC, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe
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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). Combretum platypetalum Welw. ex M.A. Lawson
subsp. oatesii (Rolfe) Exell Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=142030
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
