Aeschynomene rhodesiaca Harms
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Mtoroshanga Pass, Gt Dyke
Photo: Bart Wursten
Mtoroshanga Pass, Gt Dyke
Photo: Bart Wursten
By Circular Drive, Nyanga NP
Photo: Bart Wursten
By Circular Drive, Nyanga NP
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Common names:
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Frequency:
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Occasional |
Status:
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Native |
Description:
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Perennial herb with prostrate stems, growing from a woody rootstock. Leaves pinnate with 4-7 pairs of oblanceolate leaflets, blue-green; stipules large and leaf-like. Flowers in few-flowered, axillary inflorescences, bright yellow with feint red veining. Pods in 1-3 segments. |
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Derivation of specific name:
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rhodesiaca: of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). |
Habitat:
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In moist grassland among rocks. |
Altitude range: (metres) |
1050 - 2250 m |
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Worldwide distribution:
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Zimbabwe and Mozambique |
Zimbabwe distribution:
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W,C,E,S |
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Endemic status:
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Insects associated with this species:
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Spot characters:
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Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: |
Thursday 30 July 2015 |
Literature:
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Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 216.
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 46.
Verdcourt, B. (1974). Summary of the Leguminosae - Papilionoideae - Hedysareae (sensu lato) of Flora Zambesiaca Kirkia 9(2) Page 412.
Verdcourt, B. (2000). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(6) Pages 92 - 93.
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-18
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2018).
Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Aeschynomene rhodesiaca. https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=130580, retrieved 21 April 2018
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