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Geigeria burkei
burkei
zeyheri
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Near Shashe Wilderness Camp, Shashe River
Photo: Bart Wursten
Near Shashe Wilderness Camp, Shashe River
Photo: Bart Wursten
Near Shashe Wilderness Camp, Shashe River
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| Synonyms: |
Geigeria protensa Harv. var. pubigera S. Moore Geigeria zeyheri Harv. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Erect perennial herb, up to 40 cm tall. Stems simple or branched, purplish. Leaves alternate, linear-oblanceolate, up to 7 × 0.3cm; margins entire or slightly toothed, often rolled under. Capitula solitary at the ends or in the forks of branches, up to 1.5 cm in diameter, bright yellow. Involucral bracts c. 5-seriate; outer short, ovate, inner up to 9 mm long, linear. Ligules on ray-florets narrowly oblong, very shortly 3-dentate at the apex. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | burkei: named after Josheph Burke (1812-1873), Botanical and zoological collector, who worked for Lord Delby. |
| Habitat: | In grassland or open deciduous woodland, mostly in sandy soils. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
| Flowering time: | Dec - Jun |
| Worldwide distribution: | Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Swaziland and South Africa as far as KwaZulu-Natal. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,S |
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Flora of Mozambique: Geigeria burkeiAfrican Plant Database: Geigeria burkei
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Geigeria burkei
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Geigeria burkei
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Geigeria burkei
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Geigeria burkei
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Geigeria burkei
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Geigeria burkei
JSTOR Plant Science: Geigeria burkei
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Geigeria burkei
Tropicos: Geigeria burkei
West African Plants database: Geigeria burkei
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