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Cynanchum praecox
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Road from Chelinda to the Dembo bridge, Nyika National Park.
Photo: Penny English
Road from Chelinda to the Dembo bridge, Nyika National Park.
Photo: Penny English
Road from Chelinda to the Dembo bridge, Nyika National Park.
Photo: Penny English
Road from Chelinda to the Dembo bridge, Nyika National Park.
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| Synonyms: |
Cynanchum pygmaeum Schltr. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Small perennial herb, less than 45 cm tall. Leaves linear, narrowly elliptic to lanceolate. Flowers in small terminal umbels, appearing at ground level before the leaves, olive-green, yellow-brown or brownish purple; corona white. |
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| Habitat: | In woodland and grassland, usually flowering after fire. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1500 - 2300 m |
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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 |
| 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. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 24. |
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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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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
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