Phyllanthus nummulariifolius Poir.[Agg]
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Zamambo Gorge, Gorongosa National Park, Cheringoma.
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Zamambo Gorge, Gorongosa National Park, Cheringoma.
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Zamambo Gorge, Gorongosa National Park, Cheringoma.
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Zamambo Gorge, Gorongosa National Park, Cheringoma.
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Zamambo Gorge, Gorongosa National Park, Cheringoma.
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Zamambo Gorge, Gorongosa National Park, Cheringoma.
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Chironde Camp, Coutada 12
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Chironde Camp, Coutada 12
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Chironde Camp, Coutada 12
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At base of Mt Bunga, Gorongosa National Park.
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Mia Falls, Burma Valley
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Mia Falls, Burma Valley
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Synonyms:
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Phyllanthus capillaris (Schumach & Thonn.) Radcl.-Sm. Phyllanthus stuhlmannii Pax Phyllanthus tanzaniensis Jean F. Brunel
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Frequency:
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Status:
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Native |
Description:
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More or less erect annual or perennial herb, up to 3 m tall, but usually much smaller, sexes on the same plant or sometimes separate. Stem often reddish at the base with brownish-green or purplish-brown branches. Lead shoots and lateral shoots hairless, scaberulous or evenly to densely whitish-puberulous (depending on the variety). Scale leaves linear-subulate, c. 2 mm long; stipules narrowly lanceolate, c. 2.5 mm long. Foliage leaves suborbicular, obovate or elliptic, up to 2.3 × 1.4 cm, more or less thinly textured, usually hairless on both surfaces, rarely somewhat velvety along the midrib and main veins, light yellow-green to bright blue-green or dark grey-green above, paler and somewhat blue-green beneath; margin slightly recurved and sometimes purplish-tinged; petioles 0.5–1 mm long; stipules linear-lanceolate, 1–1.5 mm long, reddish-brown with hyaline margins. Male flowers in few-flowered clusters, usually with 1 female flower per cluster in the more distal axils of the lateral shoots. Male flowers cream-coloured or whitish with a green midrib, sometimes pink-tinged on pedicels 5–6 mm long; stamens 5. Female flowers yellowish-green, often reddish- or brownish-tinged on red pedicels 7–20 mm long. Fruit depressed 3-lobed to subglobose, 1 × 2 mm, smooth, pale green, sometimes reddish-tinged. |
Type location:
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Madagascar |
Notes:
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Two varieties are found in Zambia: var. nummulariifolius with shoots hairless or minutely scaberulous and var. capillaris with shoots more or less densely whitish velvety. |
Derivation of specific name:
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nummulariifolius: with round or coin-like leaves. |
Habitat:
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In grassland, woodland and evergreen forest, often in marshy places, dambos or along streams. |
Altitude range: |
Up to 2100 m |
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Worldwide distribution:
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Widespread in tropical Africa, Madagascar, Mascarenes and Seychelles. |
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca):
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B,N,W,C,E,S |
Zambian distribution (Provinces):
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Nw,Cb,Lp,E,Lk,S,W |
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Endemic status:
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Spot characters:
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Display spot characters for this species |
Content last updated: |
Wednesday 30 May 2018 |
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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: Phyllanthus nummulariifolius. https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=176210, retrieved 28 March 2024
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