Mimulopsis elliotii

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Mimulopsis elliotii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Asteridae
(unranked) Euasterids I
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Mimulopsis
Species: M. elliotii
Binomial name
Mimulopsis elliotii
C.B.Clarke[1]

Mimulopsis elliotii is a flowering shrub from the family Acanthaceae and species of the genus Mimulopsis and can be found growing on the Ruwenzori Range in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2]

Up to 2 meters (6.6 ft) tall and distinctive from its neighbors due to its large cream colored flowers, Mimulopsis elliotii is common on the mountains in the same altitudes as the bamboos,[2] between 2,500 meters (8,200 ft).[3] and 3,300 meters (11,000 ft).[2] element of the bamboo zone, distinctive by the relatively large, cream, flowers. Alt. 2'700-3'700 m.[2] 2,700 metres (8,900 ft)

On the Ruwenzori Range, at 3,000 meters (9,800 ft) stands of Yushania alpina grow along with an "impenetrable belt of Mimulopsis elliotii".[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Mimulopsis elliotii C.B.Clarke record n° 29964 (HTML). African Plants Database. South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and Tela Botanica. Retrieved on 2008-05-07.
  2. ^ a b c d H. Peter Linder and Berit Gehrke (2 March 2006). Common plants of the Rwenzori, particularly the upper zones (PDF). Institute for Systematic Botany, University of Zurich. Retrieved on 2008-05-06.
  3. ^ Gerold, Gerhard; Michael Fremerey, Edi Guhardja (2004). "Rain Forest Margins and their Dynamics in South-East Ethiopia", Land Use, Nature Conservation and the Stability of Rainforest Margins in Southeast Asia. Springer Science+Business Media. ISBN 3540006036. 
  4. ^ RWENZORI MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK, UGANDA (HTML). Protected Areas and World Heritage. United Nations Environment Programme (March 1994). Retrieved on 2008-05-08.

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