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Common names:
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Frequency:
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Status:
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Native |
Description:
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Generally a slender erect branching annual 30‒90 cm tall, but sometimes a tufted suffrutex, glabrous. Leaves mostly 3-foliolate, uppermost generally 1-foliolate; leaflets 5‒18 x 1‒3.5 mm, linear-oblanceolate, obtuse to truncate; petiole 0.5‒2(4) mm long, stipules 0. Racemes 3‒12 cm long, 12‒30-flowered, generally lax, upper parts occasionally congested. |
Type location:
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Zambia |
Notes:
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Widespread in Zambia; loss of habitat may be a threat |
Derivation of specific name:
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nuda: nude or glabrous, lacking hairs |
Habitat:
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Briefly flooded grassland on dolomite. |
Altitude range: |
1150 - 1550 m |
Flowering time: | Mar - Apr |
Worldwide distribution:
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Endemic to Zambia |
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca):
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N,W,C |
Zambian distribution (Provinces):
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Cb,Mc,C,Lk |
Growth form(s):
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Endemic status:
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Endemic |
Red data list status:
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Lower Risk - near threatened |
Insects associated with this species:
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Spot characters:
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Display spot characters for this species |
Content last updated: |
Tuesday 26 September 2017 |
Literature:
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Martins, E.S. et al. (2003). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(7) Pages 216 - 218. (Includes a picture).
Polhill, R.M. (2003). Flora Zambesiaca 3(7) Pages 216 - 218. (Includes a picture).
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