Mimulopsis solmsii

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Mimulopsis solmsii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Asteridae
(unranked) Euasterids I
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Mimulopsis
Species: M. solmsii
Binomial name
Mimulopsis solmsii
Schweinf. (1868)[1]

Mimulopsis solmsii called majamanjumbe in West Cameroon is a flowering plant from the family Acanthaceae and is the type species for the genus Mimulopsis. A coarse herb[2] or vining[3] undershrub that can grow up to 4 meters (12 ft.) tall, with pithy stems and sticky-hairy flower stalks filled with lilac or pale violet flowers 3 centimeters (1 in.) long.[2]

Mimulopsis solmsii can be found growing in the upland forests of the mountains in Ethiopia, Cameroon, Burundi[2][4] and the Imatong Mountains in Sudan.[5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Mimulopsis G (HTML). Index Nominum Genericorum. International Association for Plant Taxonomy (1996-02-09). Retrieved on 2008-05-06.
  2. ^ a b c Aluka. Mimulopsis solmsii Schweinf. var. solmsii [family ACANTHACEAE] (HTML). African Plants. Ithaka Harbors, Inc. DOI:10.5555/AL.AP.COMPILATION.PLANT-NAME-SPECIES.MIMULOPSIS.SOLMSII. Retrieved on 2008-05-07.
  3. ^ Nkurunungi, John Bosco; Jessica Ganas, Martha M. Robbins and Craig B. Stanford (2004). "A comparison of two mountain gorilla habitats in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda" (PDF). African Journal of Ecology 42: 289–297. 
  4. ^ Richards, P. W. (Nov., 1963). "Ecological Notes on West African Vegetation III. The Upland Forests of Cameroons Mountain". The Journal of Ecology 51 (3): 529-554. 
  5. ^ Jackson, J. K. (Jul., 1956). "The Vegetation of the Imatong Mountains, Sudan". The Journal of Ecology 44 (2): 341-374. 

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