| Psorospermum febrifugum Spach |
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| Family : HYPERICACEAE |
| Protologue : Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2 5: 163 (1836) |
| Information on the genus : Psorospermum |
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Status
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Psorospermum febrifugum var. albida Oliv. (1868) |
| =Psorospermum albidum (Oliv.) Engl. (1893) |
| =Psorospermum baumannii Engl. (1919) |
| =Psorospermum campestre Engl. (1893) |
| =Psorospermum chariense A. Chev. (1913) |
| =Psorospermum ferrugineum Hook. f. (1849) |
| =Psorospermum floribundum Hutch. & Dalziel (1927) |
| =Psorospermum microphyllum A. Chev. (1920) |
| =Psorospermum salicifolium Engl. (1893) |
| =Psorospermum stuhlmannii Engl. (1895) |
| =Psorospermum angustifolium Spirlet (1959) |
| =Psorospermum corymbosellum Spirlet (1959) |
| =Psorospermum corymbosum Spirlet (1959) |
| =Psorospermum ellipticum Spirlet (1959) |
| =Psorospermum gillardinii Spirlet (1959) |
| =Psorospermum kaniamae Spirlet (1959) |
| =Psorospermum kisantuense Spirlet (1959) |
| =Psorospermum leopoldvilleanum Spirlet (1959) |
| =Psorospermum macrophyllum Spirlet (1959) |
| =Psorospermum magniflorum Spirlet (1959) |
| =Psorospermum mahagiense Spirlet (1959) |
| =Psorospermum mossoense Spirlet (1959) |
| =Psorospermum nigrum Spirlet (1959) |
| =Psorospermum orbiculare Spirlet (1959) |
| =Psorospermum ovatum Spirlet (1959) |
| =Psorospermum pectinatum Spirlet (1959) |
| =Psorospermum pubescens Spirlet (1959) |
| =Psorospermum rotundatifolium Spirlet (1959) |
| =Psorospermum staneranum Spirlet (1959) |
| =*Psorospermum discolor Spirlet (1959) (1959), non Spach (1836). |
| =Psorospermum uelense Spirlet (1959) |
| =Psorospermum victoranum Spirlet (1959) |
| =*Psorospermum pauciflorum Spirlet (1959) (1959), non Baker (1883). |
| =*Psorospermum lanceolatum Spirlet (1959) (1959), non Drake (1896). |
| =*Psorospermum niloticum Kotschy ex Schweinf. & Asch. (1867) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Shrublet or shrub (due to burning?) or small tree (0,3-)1-6(-10) m tall, much-branched; bark often corky, peeling and flaking; branches rounded, sometimes flattened or ±4-angular, glabrous to densely rusty-tomentose… |
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see more in the book |
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| Ecology : |
Deciduous woodland, Protea-Combretum-wooded savanna, scrub; forest edges; on black soil; on rocky ground in high rainfall savanna (S Sudan); 15-1950 m alt. |
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Very variable. Divided by Spirlet into 28 species. S. Africa (Transvaal) |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
- Exell, A. & Wild, H. (1961). Flora Zambesiaca: Mozambique, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Bechuanaland Protectorate. London Kew 1[2]: 388
- (2011). Flore du Gabon. Paris 42: 28
Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- Checklist Flow. Pl. Sub-Saharan Africa : 382 (2006).
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
| see under Flora of Mozambique |
| see under African Plants - a Photo Guide |
| see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
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| Record n°10979 modified 2008-03-25 |
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