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Androcymbium melanthioides
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Photo: Tony Benn
Serowe, Central District.
Photo: Tony Benn
Serowe, Central District.
Photo: Tony Benn
Serowe, Central District.
Photo: Tony Benn
Serowe, Central District.
Photo: Tony Benn
Serowe, Central District.
Photo: Tony Benn
Serowe, Central District.
Photo: Tony Benn
Serowe, Central District.
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| Synonyms: |
Androcymbium melanthioides Willd. var. acaule Baker Androcymbium melanthioides Willd. var. subulatum (Baker) Baker Androcymbium subulatum Baker |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial herb, growing from a conical to subglobose corm, set 10-20 cm below ground. The plants have virtually no stem above ground. Leaves 2-3, linear with a broadened ovate base, 10-30 cm long but usually withered and broken. Bracks several, ovate, 6-13 cm long, showy, white or purplish-pink striped with 15-50 veins. Inflorescence a congested head of up to 10 flowers, held inside the bracts. Flowers mauve-pink to purplish. |
| Notes: | The record in the images is from the Serowe area in Southeastern Division but this species is only cited from the Southwestern Division in Flora Zambesiaca 12-2:117 (la Croix, 2009). |
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| Habitat: | In moist sandy soils and moist grassland. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa. |
| Botswana distribution: | SW,SE |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Thursday 11 August 2016 |
| Literature: |
Fabian, A. & Germishuizen, G. (1997). Wild Flowers of Northern South Africa. Fernwood Press, Vlaeburg. Pages 54 - 55. (Includes a picture). La Croix, I. (2009). Colchicaceae Flora Zambesiaca 12(2) Page 177. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 86. Maroyi, A (2002). Colchicaceae in Zimbabwe Kirkia 18(1) Pages 5 - 6. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 117. |
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