Details of record no: 81484
Commelina fluviatilis Brenan
Three blocks of information are displayed on this page, namely: (a) details of the record; (b) the record point plotted using Google Maps and (c) any images attached to the record. Please scroll down to see the various items.
Record details:
| Date:
| 5 Mar 1997 |
| Recorder(s): | HH Schmidt
|
| Collector(s): | HH Schmidt
2440 |
| Determiner(s): | RB Faden
|
| Confirmer(s): | |
| Herbarium: | US
|
| Habitat:
|
In Miombo-Terminalia woodland and adjacent dambo areas. Disturbed by cattle grazing and charcoal production. Vertisol soils. |
| Location:
|
Namwala District; Ila National Forest. 11.0 km west of Namwala along motorable dirt track. |
| Location code(s):
|
|
| Outing code:
|
|
| Planted code: |
Not planted |
| Country:
|
Zambia |
| Quarter Degree Square:
|
|
| Grid reference:
|
|
| FZ Division:
|
S |
| Altitude (metres):
|
950 |
| Notes:
|
Herb; 80 cm, erect. Stems swollen, succulent. Leaf nodes tinged with red. Inflorescence bracts pale green. Flowers pale purple to almost white. Anthers bright yellow turning blackish. Young fruits green with purple margins. Common. |
| Latitude, Longitude:
|
|
| Location Accuracy Code:
|
0 |
Map of species record
No locality information found
Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2024).
Flora of Zimbabwe: Individual record no: 81484: Commelina fluviatilis. https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species-record.php?record_id=81484, retrieved 26 April 2024
Site software last modified: 31 January 2023 3:37pm (GMT +2)
Terms of use