| Thesium tenuissimum Hook. f. |
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| Family : SANTALACEAE |
| Protologue : J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 6: 19 (1862) |
| Information on the genus : Thesium |
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Status
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Perennial herb, glabrous, Ephedra-like with a woody rootstock; stems numerous, tufted, slender, erect or spreading, 10-30(40) cm tall, 2 mm ?, much branched, grooved; leaves scale-like, distant, 1-2,5 mm long, ovate, acute;[…] |
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see more in the book |
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Montane grassland, on (rocky) mountain summits; Loudetia pasture; often after fires; on lava, volcanic ash. |
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1200-3600 m alt. Plants often attacked by Puccinia thesiicola Jorstad (Ark. Bot., Sér. 2, 3: 591, 1956). |
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Bioko / Fernando Poo. |
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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°90743 modified 2007-04-02 |
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