Thesium fimbriatum A.W. Hill |
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Family : SANTALACEAE |
Protologue : Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 27 (1915) |
Information on the genus : Thesium |
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Status
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Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
=Thesium brachystylum A.W. Hill |
=Thesium shabense Lawalrée (1985) |
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Ecology and distribution |
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Biology : |
Perennial herb appearing annual with a taproot thickening at crown, slightly branching and producing slender rhizomes; stems 1-several, erect to virgately branched, pale to dull green, sometimes tinged orange-bronze, […] |
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Ecology : |
Wet grassland, swampy areas, moist dambos; less often in drier areas in grassland, wooded grassland on sandy loams. |
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250-1900 m alt. Member of a difficult group (with ovate acuminate bracts, clusters of sessile flowers, and tooth-like glands alternating with perianth lobes) which needs further study and also field observations […] |
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Biol./Eco : |
biology:perennial-Shrub, Parasite- Ht 0.2 - 0.3 m. Alt 150 - 1800 m. Distribution: WC |
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More info on : |
see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
see under The International Plant Name Index |
see under Flora of Mozambique |
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Map |
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Record n°90540 |
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