| Thesium megalocarpum A.W. Hill |
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| Family : SANTALACEAE |
| Protologue : Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 341 (1910) |
| Information on the genus : Thesium |
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Status
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| Status for SA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Thesium burchellii A.W. Hill (1915) |
| =Thesium dinteri A.W. Hill (1910) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Perennial herb or subshrub, glaucous or pale green (even when dry), basal part not seen, with numerous, probably tufted stems (from a caudex?), 0,25-1 m tall, 5-8 mm Ø at base, much branched from below, woody, grooved, ±quadrangular above […] |
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see more in the book |
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| Ecology : |
Woodland, scrubby grassland, in shallow sand on rocky quartsite ridges or deep Kalahari sand. |
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900-1300 m alt. According to Hilliard (l.c.) T. dinteri A. W. Hill is a distinct species (S. Africa, Namibia). |
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Botswana, Namibia, S. Africa. |
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| Biol./Eco : |
biology:perennial-Shrub, Dwarf shrub, Parasite- Ht 0.4 - 0.7 m. Alt 400 - 500 m. Distribution: BOT, NAM |
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
| see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
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