Sium repandum Welw. ex Hiern

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Sium repandum

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Nyangombe Falls, Nyanga NP

Sium repandum

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Bridal Veil Falls, Chimanimani

Sium repandum

Picture: Bart Wursten
Bridal Veil Falls, Chimanimani

Sium repandum

Picture: Bart Wursten
Bridal Veil Falls, Chimanimani

Sium repandum

Picture: Bart Wursten
Bridal Veil Falls, Chimanimani

Sium repandum

Picture: Bart Wursten
Bridal Veil Falls, Chimanimani

Sium repandum

Picture: Bart Wursten
Bridal Veil Falls, Chimanimani

Sium repandum

Picture: Bart Wursten
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Erect, hairless perennial herb, up to 150 cm tall, growing from a creeping rhizome. Stems hollow, grooved, sometimes tinged red. Leaves pinnate, up to 30 cm long; leaflets oblong-lanceolate, up to 10 × 2 cm; margin with close-set regular teeth curving over each other as to give an almost scalloped appearance. Flowers in compound umbels with 7-24 rays, greenish-white to yellowish; bracts numerous, linear, up to 2 cm long; bracteoles similar to bracts. Fruit ovate-oblong, c. 2 × 1 mm, reddish-brown when ripe.
Type location:
Angola
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: repandum: wavy, undulating, referring to the leaf margin.
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Flowering time:Jan - Apr
Worldwide distribution: Angola, Cameroon, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Eswatini and South Africa.
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Zambian distribution (Provinces): Nw
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Literature:

Cannon, J.F.M. (1978). Apiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Pages 597 - 598. (Includes a picture).

Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 51.

Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 24.

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 18.

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Flora of Mozambique: Sium repandum
Flora of Zimbabwe: Sium repandum

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Sium repandum
African Plant Database: Sium repandum
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Sium repandum
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Sium repandum
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Sium repandum
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iNaturalist: Sium repandum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Sium repandum
JSTOR Plant Science: Sium repandum
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Sium repandum
Plants of the World Online: Sium repandum
Tropicos: Sium repandum
Wikipedia: Sium repandum


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: Sium repandum.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=143230, retrieved 19 March 2024

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