Morella serrata (Lam.) Killick |
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Family : MYRICACEAE |
Information on the genus : Morella |
Basionym : Myrica serrata Lam. |
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Status
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Status for MA : | 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 |
Myrica serrata Lam. (1786) |
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Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
=*Myrica conifera auct. |
=Myrica mossii Burtt Davy (1938) |
=Myrica banksifolia J.C. Wendl. (1808) |
=Myrica natalensis C. DC. (1864) |
=Myrica kilimandscharica auct. |
=*Myrica salicifolia Bojer |
=Myrica bojeriana Baker (1883) |
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Ecology and distribution |
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Biology : |
Much branched shrub or tree 1-9 m tall, dioecious or less commonly monoecious; bark grey, fairly smooth to rough; branchlets subglabrous (apart from the glands) to tomentellous or occasionally densely pilose. |
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Ecology : |
Swampy places along rivers; thickets in marshy grassland often with Salix, Ficalhoa, Parinari, Syzygium, Maesa, Agauria, Dodonaea, Embelia, Elaeodendron, etc.; sometimes a dominant. |
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0-2530 m alt |
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S. Africa, Namibia, Caprivi Strip, Botswana |
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Biol./Eco : |
perennial-Herb- Ht 1 - 6 m. Alt: 0 - 2150 m. Distribution: LES, EC, FS, GA, KN, LP, MP, NC, NW, WC, SWZ |
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Biol./Eco : |
Rheophyte, Shrub, Tree; Subhumid; Forest, Freshwater Wetland; 500-999 m, 1000-1499 m; distribution: Africa. |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
- (2000). Flora of Tropical East Africa Myricaceae: 4
Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- Kew Bull. 53: 993-995 (1998)
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More info on : |
see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
see under chg |
see under The Euro-Mediterranean Plant Base |
see under Catalogue de Madagascar |
see under Flora of Mozambique |
see under African Plants - a Photo Guide |
see under Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden |
see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
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