Cynanchum praecox S. Moore
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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.
Photo: Penny English
Road from Chelinda to the Dembo bridge, Nyika National Park.
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Synonyms:
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Cynanchum pygmaeum Schltr.
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Status:
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Native |
Description:
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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:
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In woodland and grassland, usually flowering after fire. |
Altitude range: (metres) |
1500 - 2300 m |
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Worldwide distribution:
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Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Cameroon, DRC, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
Zimbabwe distribution:
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N,C |
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Spot characters:
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Literature:
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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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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-22
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2022).
Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Cynanchum praecox. https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=146000, retrieved 27 May 2022
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