| Neorautanenia brachypus (Harms) C.A. Sm. |
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| Family : FABACEAE |
| Information on the genus : Neorautanenia |
| Basionym : Dolichos brachypus Harms |
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Status
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Homotypic |
 Dolichos brachypus Harms (1899) |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Neorautanenia seineri (Harms) C.A. Sm. |
| =Dolichos seineri Harms (1911) |
| =Galactia lugardii N.E. Br. (1909) |
| =Neorautanenia coriacea C.A. Sm. (1932) |
| =Pueraria rogersii L. Bolus (1915) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Herb or shrublet, mostly erect, 0,4-1 m tall, from a large underground tuber to 45 cm Ø; young stems and foliage densely appressed silvery-grey silky; older stems pale yellow-brown, ± glabrescent; flowers dark blue or mauve (rarely yellow). |
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| Ecology : |
Low rainfall areas in open grassland, wooded grassland, floodplain tall grassland, on sandy soils and Kalahari sand; and in grassland with Burkea, Combretum zeyheri, Terminalia sericea, Acacia etc. |
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S. Africa, Namibia, Botswana. |
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Intermediates with N. mitis occur. |
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Bibliography for Southern Africa :
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under Flora of Mozambique |
| see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
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| Map |
| no map available |
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| Record n°68327 |
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