Barleria molensis Wild

Dominique Champluvier, 2011, New and overlooked Acanthaceae taxa from D. R. Congo, Rwanda and Burundi: (1) the genus Barleria, Plant Ecology and Evolution 144 (1), pp. 82-95 : 86

Barleria molensis Wild

(Wild 1965)

– Type: Zimbabwe, Mhlaba Hill, W Windsor, Great Dyke, Jan. 1961, Wild 5604, fl (holo-: SRGH; iso-: K, BR).

Other collections examined – Zimbabwe: Umvuma–Que Que road, c. 1 km E of Lalapanzi turn-off on Great Dyke, Biegel 5297 (K); 10 km N of Que Que on Salisbury main road, Biegel 5312 (K); Great South Dyke, N of Ngezi Dam, 1 km N of Lalipunzi turn-off, Aug. 1988, Carter & Coates­Palgrave 2685, fl (K); Que Que, near main Bulawayo road, Jun. 1975, Cross 164, fl (K); Lalapanzi, alt. 900 m, Ingle 4 (K); ibid., alt. 1150 m, Mullen 7/51 (K); ibid., alt. 1150 m, Walters 2415 (K); Umgezi Poort, Que Que distr., Dyke, Mar. 1964, West 4774, fl (K); Sebakwe Dam, Great Dyke, Jan. 1961, Wild 5618, fl (K, BR); ibid., Apr. 1975, Wild 7999, fl (K).

Habitat – Strictly bound to serpentines with chrome seams, in bushland, around 1000 m.