Anthospermum ammannioides S.Moore

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Anthospermum ammannioides

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Road to Bunga Views, Vumba

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Status: Native
Description:
Shrubby perennial.
Notes: It is a typical constituent of the ecotone between forest and grassland. It may become a dominating species in secondary montane grassland, together with the grass Eragrostis acraea and the bracken fern Pteridium aquilinum.
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Habitat: At the edges of forest and in submontane grassland.
Altitude range: (metres) 1200 - 2300 m
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Worldwide distribution: Zimbabwe and Mozambique
Zimbabwe distribution: E
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Content last updated: Sunday 25 May 2008

Other sources of information about Anthospermum ammannioides:

Flora of Mozambique: Anthospermum ammannioides
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Anthospermum ammannioides
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Anthospermum ammannioides
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Anthospermum ammannioides
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Anthospermum ammannioides
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Anthospermum ammannioides
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Anthospermum ammannioides
West African Plants database: Anthospermum ammannioides


Copyright: Mark Hyde and Bart Wursten, 2002-10

Hyde, M.A. & Wursten, B. (2010). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Anthospermum ammannioides.
http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=156570, retrieved 3 September 2010

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