| Thesium kilimandscharicum Engl. |
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| Family : SANTALACEAE |
| Protologue : Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 2: 200 (1892) |
| Information on the genus : Thesium |
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Status
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Thesium ulugurense Engl. (1900) |
| =Thesium rungwense Engl. |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Annual or short-lived perennial ericoid-like herb or undershrub, often ± yellowish-green with a taproot, crowned by stems prostrate to tufted, densely leafy, much branched from base, broadly ribbed by decurrent leaves, […] |
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| Ecology : |
Montane and burnt upland grassland; Erica arborea scrub, Philippia woodland, afroalpine zone, on peaty and stony or rocky ground. |
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2200-4200 m alt. Closely allied to T. nigricans (perennial!) with similar ribbed stems, leaf characters and inflorescence, but flowers of T. nigricans 5-merous and with longer tube and style. |
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
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| Record n°90701 |
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