Stoebe vulgaris Levyns

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Pungwe Scenic Drive, Nyanga NP

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Owenwee Cottage, World's View, Nyanga

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Owenwee Cottage, World's View, Nyanga

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Tsetsera

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Kwaraguza Road, near Troutbeck

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Synonyms:
Common names:	Bankrupt bush (English) Zigzag bush (English)
Frequency:
Status:	Native
Description:	Spreading shrub, often forming dense tangled clumps.
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Notes:	There still appears to be confusion about the taxonomy of this species and the genus. While more recent literature indicates the genus should now be Seriphium, POWO (ao) has both genera as accepted and still lists this species under Stoebe. There also is a published revision, where the former Stoebe (Seriphium) vulgaris s.l. has been split into a number of different taxa and populations from Zimbabwe and Mozambique should now be placed under Seriphium burrowsianum. Until more general and uniform acceptance of a taxonomy is clear, we still maintain the species under its original name. Plants often show numerous fluffy white galls that could be mistaken for flowers but these are infestations caused by small midges in the family Cecidomyiidae.
Derivation of specific name:	vulgaris: vulgar, common, usual
Habitat:	Along forest margins and in montane grassland; also in more disturbed habitats such as roadsides
Altitude range: (metres)	1500 - 2400 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Mozambique, Zimbabwe and from Limpopo Province south to the Cape in South Africa.
FZ divisions:	MS
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Literature:	Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 53. Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 34. as Seriphium plumosum Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 278. 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 28. Wild, H. (1955). Common Rhodesian Weeds Government of Rhodesia, Salisbury Page 76. (Includes a picture). Wild, H. (1980). The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area, 12. Inuleae (continued). Kirkia 12(1) Pages 67 - 68.

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