| Corbichonia decumbens (Forssk.) Exell |
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Family : Aizoaceae |
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Family (APGIII) : LOPHIOCARPACEAE |
| Protologue : J. Bot. 73: 80 (1935) |
| Information on the genus : Corbichonia |
| Basionym : Orygia decumbens Forssk. |
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Status
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| Status for NA : | accepted (present) |
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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 |
 Orygia decumbens Forssk. (1775) |
| Portulaca decumbens (Forssk.) Vahl |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Axonotechium trianthemiodes (F. Heyne) Fenzl |
| =Glinus trianthemoides F. Heyne |
| =Orygia mucronata Klotzsch |
| =Glinus mucronatus (Klotzsch) Klotzsch |
| =Orygia decumbens var. inconspicua Maire |
| =Telephium laxiflorum DC. |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Erect, decumbent or prostrate annual or short-lived perennial 4-20 cm long; leaves linear, 1-1,5 cm long, n-dichotomous with narrow ridges decurrent from the petiole bases. |
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see more in the book |
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| Ecology : |
Open dry bushland, wadi-beds, grassland; also weed of roadsides and cultivation, especially on sandy soils; stony and rocky sites, among limestone boulders; clayey soils; 0-1800 m alt. |
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Namibia; S. Africa; Arabia to NW India. |
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| Biol./Eco : |
annual (occ. perennial)-Dwarf shrub, Succulent- Ht 0.5 m. Alt: 60 - 1465 m. Distribution: BOT, NAM, EC, FS, GA, KN, LP, MP, NC, NW, SWZ |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
- Feddes Repert. 116: 25-28 (2005).
- Darbyshire, I. Kordofami, M. & al. (2015). The plants of Sudan and south Sudan, An annoted checklist. Kew Publishing
Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- List South. African Succ. Pl. : 123 (1997).
Bibliography for North Africa :
- ALI, S. I., S. M. H. JAFRI & A. EL GADI (ed.) (1977). Flora of Libya. 25: 6
- OZENDA, P. (1983). Flore et végétation du Sahara. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris.
- BARRY J. P. & J. C. CELLES (1991). Flore de Mauritanie. Institut supérieur scientifique de Nouakchott - Université de Nice. 1: 277
- LEBRUN, J. P. (1998). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires de la Mauritanie et du Sahara occidental. Boissiera 55: 61
- Fl. Egypt (Boulos) 1: 43 (1999).
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under The Euro-Mediterranean Plant Base |
| see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
| see under Namibia photo from Kyffhauser |
| see under Flora of Mozambique |
| see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
| see under African Plants - a Photo Guide |
| see under Herbarium, North Africa MPU |
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