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Pomaria burchellii
burchellii
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Photo: Orty Bourquin
Modisa Wildlife Project,Grassland Game Farm, Ghanzi district.
Photo: Orty Bourquin
Modisa Wildlife Project,Grassland Game Farm, Ghanzi district.
Photo: Orty Bourquin
Modisa Wildlife Project,Grassland Game Farm, Ghanzi district.
Photo: Orty Bourquin
Modisa Wildlife Project,Grassland Game Farm, Ghanzi district.
Photo: Orty Bourquin
Modisa Wildlife Project,Grassland Game Farm, Ghanzi district.
Photo: Orty Bourquin
Modisa Wildlife Project,Grassland Game Farm, Ghanzi district.
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| Synonyms: |
Caesalpinia burchellii Spreng. Hoffmannseggia burchellii (DC.) Oliv. Melanosticta burchellii DC. |
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| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Shortly erect,or decumbent-ascending, shrubby herb with stems up to 45 cm long, growing from a woody rootstock, often with fusiform tubers up to 15 cm long. Most part covered in conspicuous plumose setae up to 2 mm long and with dark glands present. Leaves bipinnate mostly with 1-2 pairs of pinnae and a much longer terminal pinna; leaflets 2-6 pairs on lateral pinnae and 4-12 pairs on terminal pinna, usually oblong or oblong-elliptic, 4-11mm long. Inflorescence up to 12.5 cm long including peduncle. Calyx with lowest lobe often frilled at the apex. Petals,red, orange, salmon pink or purple. Pods obliquely oblong, 1-8-3.2 cm long, straight or slightly curved, densely covered in plumose setae, 3-4-seeded. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | burchellii: after William John Burchell (1781-1863), botanical collector, painter, writer, gardener, entomologist, early explorer and naturalist in South Africa. |
| Habitat: | On Kalahari sand in mixed woodland, wooded grassland and in dry riverbeds. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia and Northern Cape, South Africa. |
| Botswana distribution: | N,SW,SE |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Saturday 6 February 2016 |
| Literature: |
Brummitt, R.K., Chikuni, A.C., Lock, J.M. & Polhill, R.M. (2007). Leguminosae Subfamily Caesalpinioideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(2) Pages 184 - 185. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 213. as Hoffmanseggia burchellii 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 44. as Hoffmannseggia burchellii subsp. burchellii Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 67. as Hoffmannseggia burchellii burchellii |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Pomaria burchelliiBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Pomaria burchellii
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