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Family : SANTALACEAE |
Protologue : Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 4: 41 (1894) |
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 scabridulum A.W. Hill (1911) |
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Ecology and distribution |
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Biology : |
Perennial herb with small woody caudex crowned with few to many stems 0,3-1m long,decumbent or straggling,much-branched, leafy,grooved (decurrent leaves),in dry state ribs blackish-dark red-brown, channels paler,the plant drying black-dark red-brown[…] |
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Ecology : |
Rocky montane scrub and forest patches; miombo woodland; locally common. |
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1200-2500 m alt. Closely related to T. kilimandscharicum (both with grooved stems and similar leaf characters and inflorescence; but T. nigricans perennial, not annual, and drying black). |
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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 |
see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
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Record n°90717 |
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