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Derivation of specific name

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moggii: named for Mr A.O.D. Mogg who collected extensively on Inhaca Island
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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). Tritonia moggii Oberm. Flora of Mozambique website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=182060
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Mark Hyde
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Bart Wursten
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Petra Ballings
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Description

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Perennial herb to 50 cm. Foliage leaves mostly basal, linear-lanceolate. Stem erect, simple or 1-3-branched. Spike simple, lax. Flowers orange or salmon-pink, zygomorphic; the 3 lower tepals with a yellow basal mark outlined in red; the lowermost or all 3 with a median callus. Perianth tube c. 20 mm long and 1.5-2 times as long as the tepals.
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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). Tritonia moggii Oberm. Flora of Mozambique website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=182060
author
Mark Hyde
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Bart Wursten
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Petra Ballings
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Flora of Zimbabwe

Worldwide distribution

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Confined to southern Mozambique
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Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
bibliographic citation
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Tritonia moggii Oberm. Flora of Mozambique website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=182060
author
Mark Hyde
author
Bart Wursten
author
Petra Ballings
original
visit source
partner site
Flora of Zimbabwe