Species Macaranga ruwenzorica
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There aren’t any identifications of Macaranga ruwenzorica.
Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Macaranga:
The Malagasy name for the first species described, which was M. tanarius. Common name ‘David’s heart’. The plant has large heart-shaped leaves.
Etymology of ruwenzorica:
From the Ruwenzori mountains on the border of Uganda and the DRC. The highest peak is 5109m. The range supports its own species and varieties of giant groundsel and giant lobelia and even has a 6 metres (20 ft) tall heather covered in moss that lives on one of its peaks.
Scientific name:
Macaranga ruwenzorica Pax
Etymology applies to:
Synonym of:
Unknown
Long etymology:
Protologue:
Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43: 322 (1909)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1909
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Macaranga ruwenzorica.
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