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Mikania sp.
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Vumba rd nr Eagle School Junction
Photo: Bart Wursten
Vumba rd nr Eagle School Junction
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial, climbing or trailing, twining herbs. Leaves opposite, triangular-ovate, less than 3 times as long as wide; base cordate sometimes with auriculate lobes; margin shallowly crenate-serrate. Florets white, in cylindric capitula, together forming axillary, congested branched heads on peduncles 2-4 cm. |
| Notes: | See note under the genus description of Mikania. |
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| Habitat: | Often in riverine vegetation and along margins of evergreen forest and in moist woodland. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Apparently widespread in tropical Africa, South Africa, Madagascar and Comoro Islands. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Dowsett-Lemaire, F. (1989). The flora and phytogeography of the evergreen forests of Malawi. I: Afromontane and mid-altitude forests; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 59(1/2) Page 24. As Mikania cordata Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Dowsett-Lemaire, F., Congdon, C., Branch, B., Collins, S., Curran, M., Dowsett, R,J., Fishpool, L., Francisco, J., Harris, Kopp, M. & de Sousa, C. (2012). Mt Mabu, Mozambique: Biodiversity and Conservation Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London Page 72. |
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Flora of Caprivi: Mikania sp.Flora of Malawi: Mikania sp.
Flora of Mozambique: Mikania sp.
Flora of Zambia: Mikania sp.
Flora of Zimbabwe: Mikania sp.
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Mikania sp.BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Mikania sp.
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Mikania sp.
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Mikania sp.
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iNaturalist: Mikania sp.
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Mikania sp.
JSTOR Plant Science: Mikania sp.
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Mikania sp.
Plants of the World Online: Mikania sp.
Tropicos: Mikania sp.
Wikipedia: Mikania sp.
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