Thesium subaphyllum Engl. |
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Family : SANTALACEAE |
Protologue : Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas 168 (1895) |
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 andongense Hiern (1900) |
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Ecology and distribution |
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Biology : |
Annual herb with a small taproot, or perennial with a very small woody rootstock; stem 0,3-1 m tall, (grey-)green, solitary, erect, nearly leafless, simple below, virgately branched above, ribbed; ribs winglike and terminating in midribs of bracts;[…] |
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Ecology : |
Dodonaea-Combretum-Terminalia and other woodlands; forest edges, roadsides; grassland; sometimes after fires; variably on rocks, limestone, sand, lava ash; – Parasitic on Poaceae (Haut-Katanga). |
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Seems to vary in life form: apparently annual in E part of range; in Angola showing signs of perennation (fide Hilliard, Fl. Zambes. 9/3). |
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60-2250 m alt. |
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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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