Derivation of specific name
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imbricata: ovelapping like tiles or imbricate;
rhodesiaca: of Rhodesia, now 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). Micromeria imbricata (Forssk.) C. Chr.
var. rhodesiaca (E. Walther & K.H. Walther) Ryding Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=185680
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Description
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See var. imbricata for general details. This variety is distinguished by having only single, 1-3-flowered clusters in the axils. The flowers are usually slightly larger with the corolla 7-12 mm long. The fruiting calyx is longer, 4-6.2 mm long. Leaves are often shorter, up to 8 × 6.4 mm. This variety is restricted the grasslands and bracken scrub in more montane highlands.
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- cc-by-nc
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Micromeria imbricata (Forssk.) C. Chr.
var. rhodesiaca (E. Walther & K.H. Walther) Ryding Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=185680
- author
- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
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Highlands of southern Malawi, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
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- cc-by-nc
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Micromeria imbricata (Forssk.) C. Chr.
var. rhodesiaca (E. Walther & K.H. Walther) Ryding Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=185680
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
