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Gisekia pharnaceoides
pharnaceoides
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Haka Game Park, Harare
Photo: Bart Wursten
Haka Game Park, Harare
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Prostrate or procumbent, glabrous annual, usually somewhat fleshy herb. Stems up to 60 cm, sometimes tinged pink. Leaves variable, ranging from linear to oblanceolate-obovate. Inflorescences in small umbels. Flowers creamy-white to pinkish; stamens 5. |
| Notes: | See G. africana for comparison. |
| Derivation of specific name: | pharnaceoides: resembling the genus Pharnaceum in the Molluginaceae. |
| Habitat: | A weed of cultivation, in open woodland and on river banks, often associated with sandy soils. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Tropical and South Africa, Mascarenes to India and Sri Lanka. |
| Botswana distribution: | N,SW,SE |
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| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 18. As Gisekia pharnacioides pharnacioides Gonçalves, M.L. (1978). Molluginaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Pages 523 - 525. (Includes a picture). Kirby, G. (2013). Wild Flowers of Southeast Botswana Struik Nature, Cape Town South Africa Page 278. (Includes a picture). 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 15. under Aizoaceae Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 76. Timberlake, J.R. & Childes, S.L. (2004). Biodiversity of the Four Corners Area: Technical Reviews Volume Two (Chapter 5-15) Appendix 5-1: Plant Checklist Occasional Publications in Biodiversity 15 Page 195. |
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External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Gisekia pharnaceoidesAfrican Plant Database: Gisekia pharnaceoides
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Gisekia pharnaceoides
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Gisekia pharnaceoides
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Gisekia pharnaceoides
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iNaturalist: Gisekia pharnaceoides
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Gisekia pharnaceoides
JSTOR Plant Science: Gisekia pharnaceoides
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Gisekia pharnaceoides
Plants of the World Online: Gisekia pharnaceoides
Tropicos: Gisekia pharnaceoides
Wikipedia: Gisekia pharnaceoides
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