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Cynanchum praecox
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Photo: Bart Wursten
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Small perennial herb, less than 45 cm tall. Leaves narrowly elliptic to lanceolate. Flowers in small terminal umbels, appearing before the leaves, white, cream or greenish. |
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| Habitat: | in woodland and grassland, usually flowering after fire. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Cameroon, DRC, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,C |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Monday 3 August 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 70. 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 20. |
Other sources of information about Cynanchum praecox:
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Flora of Malawi: Cynanchum praecoxFlora of Zambia: Cynanchum praecox
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Cynanchum praecoxAfrican Plant Database: Cynanchum praecox
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Cynanchum praecox
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Cynanchum praecox
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Cynanchum praecox
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Cynanchum praecox
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Cynanchum praecox
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network): Cynanchum praecox
iNaturalist: Cynanchum praecox
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cynanchum praecox
JSTOR Plant Science: Cynanchum praecox
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Cynanchum praecox
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Cynanchum praecox
Plants of the World Online: Cynanchum praecox
The Plant List (version 1.1): Cynanchum praecox
Tropicos: Cynanchum praecox
Wikipedia: Cynanchum praecox
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