Paramollugo nudicaulis
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Along road to entrance gate Gorongosa National Park.
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Along road to entrance gate Gorongosa National Park.
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Shashe Wilderness Camp, Shashe River
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Shashe Wilderness Camp, Shashe River
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Near Mubvee (Hippo) Lodge, Mana Pools
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Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park.
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Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park.
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Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park.
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Along secondary dirt road below Mt Buchwa
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| Synonyms: |
Lampetia nudicaulis Raf. Mollugo caespitosa Scott Elliot Mollugo nudicaulis L. Mollugo sinaica Steud. Pharnaceum nudicaule (Lam.) D.Dietr. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Annual herb, up to c. 30 cm tall. Leaves numerous, in a basal rosette, oblanceolate to obovate, somewhat fleshy. Flowers 3-4 mm in diameter, terminal on leafless, forked branches, greenish-white. |
| Type location: |
Mauritius |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | nudicaulis: with a naked or leafless stem. |
| Habitat: | A weed in deciduous woodland, dry river beds, cultivated areas and road sides. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Tropical Africa and Asia. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 212. as Mollugo nudicaulis (Includes a picture). Gonçalves, M.L. (1978). Molluginaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Pages 543 - 544. as Mollugo nudicaulis (Includes a picture). 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 15. under Aizoaceae as Mollugo nudicaulis Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 164. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 88. as Mollugo nudicaulis Troupin, G. (1978). Molluginaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume I Pages 210 - 211. as Mollugo nudicaulis (Includes a picture). |
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