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| Status: | Native |
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For descriptions see World Flora Online |
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| Notes: | There appears to be some taxonomic confusion since POWO has both S. scandens and S. tomentosa as accepted names and the latter is the name used by Troupin in Flore du Rwanda (Volume 1, 98: 251). However, Plants of the World has S. tomentosa as an unchecked name and only uses S. scandens as accepted. Fischer & Killmann in Plants of Nyungwe (2008: 712) also list S. scandens as the species in region. It is uncertain whether there are one or 2 species in the region, which occur in DR Congo and how they are separated. |
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| Habitat: | In montane evergreen forest. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Central African Republic, DR Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Sudan-South Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Angola. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Fischer, E. & Killmann, D. (2008). Illustrated Field guide to the Plants of Nyungwe National Park Rwanda. University of Koblenz-Landau. Pages 712 - 713. (Includes a picture). Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 46. Townsend, C.C. (1988). Amaranthaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(1) Pages 60 - 62. (Includes a picture). Troupin, G. (1978). Amaranthaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume I Pages 250 - 251. as Sericostachys tomentosa (Includes a picture). |