Aeschynomene glauca R.E. Fr.
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Mutinondo Wilderness Area
Feb 2013
Photo: Lari Merret
Mutinondo Wilderness Area
Feb 2013
Photo: Lari Merret
Mutinondo Wilderness Area
Feb 2013
Photo: Lari Merret
Mutinondo Wilderness Area
Feb 2013
Photo: Lari Merret
Species details: Click on each item to see an explanation of that item (Note: opens a new window)
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Common names:
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Frequency:
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Widespread |
Status:
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Native |
Description:
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Erect subshrub, stems 10-40 cm tall, from woody rootstock, usually flowering after burns. Stems at first with tubercular-based hairs, later ± glabrous. Leaves 12-24 foliolate. Stipules appendaged at base. Inflorescences axillary, several- to 10-flowered, sometimes branched. Bracts persistent or tardily dehiscent. Articles of fruit glabrous. |
Type location:
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Zambia, Lake Bangweulu |
Notes:
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Derivation of specific name:
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glauca (glaucous): light sea-green |
Habitat:
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Miombo woodland, dry-evergreen forest, dambo. |
Altitude range: |
600 - 1500 m |
Flowering time: | Sep |
Worldwide distribution:
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Regional: Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique; DR Congo, Tanzania |
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca):
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N,W,C |
Zambian distribution (Provinces):
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Nw,Cb,N,Mc,C |
Growth form(s):
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Endemic status:
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Red data list status:
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Insects associated with this species:
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Spot characters:
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Content last updated: |
Wednesday 2 August 2017 |
Literature:
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Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 95.
Verdcourt, B. (2000). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(6) Page 96.
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Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-23
Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A.
(2023).
Flora of Zambia: Species information: Aeschynomene glauca. https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=183130, retrieved 27 January 2023
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