Elephantorrhiza goetzei (Harms) Harms |
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Family : Mimosaceae |
Family (APGIII) : FABACEAE |
Information on the genus : Elephantorrhiza |
Basionym : Piptadenia goetzei Harms |
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Status
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Status for SA : | accepted (present) |
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Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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Synonym(s) Homotypic |
Elephantorrhiza goetzei (Harms) Harms subsp. goetzei |
Piptadenia goetzei Harms (1900) |
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Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
=Elephantorrhiza rubescens Gibbs (1906) |
=Elephantorrhiza petersiana Bolle (1861) |
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Taxon infra-specific |
Elephantorrhiza goetzei (Harms) Harms subsp. goetzei |
Elephantorrhiza goetzei subsp. lata Brenan & Brummitt |
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Ecology and distribution |
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Biology : |
Shrub or tree 1-4(-7) m tall, often multi-stemmed, deciduous; bark dark dull brown or red. Facultative geoxylic suffrutex (fide Vollesen in Nord. J. Bot. 1: 738, 1981). |
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Ecology : |
Woodland of various types: Brachystegia-Julbernardia, Brachystegia-Acacia, Pterocarpus-Albizia, Acacia-Combretum, Colophospermum mopane, etc.; Combretum scrub on alluvial soil; often but not always in rocky places; etc... |
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Botswana, S. Africa; ? Angola. |
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Comprises 2 subspp.: - Subsp. goetzei [syn.: E. rubescens Gibbs; E. sp. sensu Torre, Consp. Fl. Angol. 2: 263, 1956]; subsp. lata Brenan & Brummitt [syn.: E. sp.1 sensu White, Forest Fl. N. Rhod.: 91, 1962]. |
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Probably the only shrubby species in the genus which frequently produces its flowers when the plant is leafless. |
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see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
see under Flora of Mozambique |
see under African Plants - a Photo Guide |
see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
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