Afroligusticum linderi
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Plateau below Nhandore peak, Mt Gorongosa
Photo: Bart Wursten
Plateau below Nhandore peak, Mt Gorongosa
Photo: Bart Wursten
Plateau below Nhandore peak, Mt Gorongosa
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Peucedanum linderi C. Norman |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Robust perennial herb, 1-3 m tall, with a fleshy rootstock. Stems finely grooved. Leaves large, 50 cm or more, ovate-triangular in outline, 2 to 3 pinnate with ovate-lanceolate leaflets, often deeply divided; margins irregularly serrate. Umbels terminal and lateral, lateral usually exceeding the terminal. Umbel rays 7-13, bracts small, linear, inconspicuous, sometimes absent. Flowers greenish-white. Fruits up to 10 × 9 mm, almost round, strongly dorsiventrally compressed with lateral wings up to 3 mm wide. |
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| Habitat: | In rocky areas in montane grassland |
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| Worldwide distribution: | DRC, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe |
| FZ divisions: | E |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Friday 29 May 2009 |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 63. as Peucedanum linderi Cannon, J.F.M. (1978). Apiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Page 610. As Peucedanum linderi Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 24. As Peucedanum linderi 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 18. as Peucedanum linderi Maquet, P. (1983). Apiaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume II Page 574. As Peucedanum linderi (Includes a picture). |
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