Monadenium pedunculatum S. Carter

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Monadenium pedunculatum

Disturbed miombo woodland in rocky sandy loam soil
Lumangwe Falls area
Oct 2018
Photo: Nick Wightman

Monadenium pedunculatum

Disturbed miombo woodland in rocky sandy loam soil
Lumangwe Falls area
Oct 2018
Photo: Nick Wightman

Monadenium pedunculatum

Disturbed miombo woodland in rocky sandy loam soil
Lumangwe Falls area
Oct 2018
Photo: Nick Wightman

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Synonyms: Euphorbia neopedunculata (S.Carter) Bruyns
Common names:
Frequency: Locally common
Status: Native
Description:
Geophyte; rootstock tuberous, up to 6 cm in diameter, napiform, producing 1–2 woody stems to c. 6 cm long below ground; annual (aerial) stems 1–4, usually simple, 2–15(20) cm high, sometimes minutely papillose; leaves sessile, variable, from up to 9 × 0.5 cm and linear, or up to 6 × 1.5 cm and lanceolate, or up to 4 × 2 cm and obovate; stipules glandular, minute, evident on young growth only; cymes on peduncles up to 5(8) cm long, simple with cyme branches to 1 cm long, or cyathia solitary; bracts free, shorter than the involucre, c. 3 × 2 mm, oblong, margin denticulate; cyathia c. 5 × 3 mm, with barrel-shaped involucres; glandular rim 1.5–2 mm high, entire to crenulate, white or pink; lobes c. 1 × 1 mm, rounded; male flowers: bracteoles few, filamentous; stamens 3.2 mm long; female flower: styles 1 mm long, with thickened rugulose bifid apices; capsule c. 5 × 5.5 mm, obtusely 3-lobed, exserted on a reflexed pedicel 6–12 mm long, smooth; seeds c. 2.8 × 2.3 mm, conical with truncate base, minutely and densely verrucose, brown becoming purplish, caruncle absent.
Type location:
Tanzania
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: pedunculatum: presumably referring to the cyme peduncles that can be up to 8 cm long.
Habitat: Brachystegia woodland, in sandy soil
Altitude range: 450 - 1525 m
Flowering time:Oct - Nov
Worldwide distribution: Southeastern DRC, Burundi and southwestern Tanzania south through northeastern Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): N
Zambian distribution (Provinces): N
Growth form(s): Perennial.
Endemic status:
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Content last updated: Monday 13 May 2019
Literature:

Carter, S. & Leach, L.C. (2001). Euphorbiaceae: subfamily Euphorbioideae: tribe Euphorbieae Flora Zambesiaca 9(5) Page 440.

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Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Species information: Monadenium pedunculatum.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=138680, retrieved 29 March 2024

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