Monadenium pedunculatum
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Disturbed miombo woodland in rocky sandy loam soil
Lumangwe Falls area
Oct 2018
Photo: Nick Wightman
Disturbed miombo woodland in rocky sandy loam soil
Lumangwe Falls area
Oct 2018
Photo: Nick Wightman
Disturbed miombo woodland in rocky sandy loam soil
Lumangwe Falls area
Oct 2018
Photo: Nick Wightman
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| Synonyms: |
Euphorbia neopedunculata (S.Carter) Bruyns |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Geophyte; rootstock tuberous, up to 6 cm in diameter, napiform, producing 1–2 woody stems to c. 6 cm long below ground; annual (aerial) stems 1–4, usually simple, 2–15(20) cm high, sometimes minutely papillose; leaves sessile, variable, from up to 9 × 0.5 cm and linear, or up to 6 × 1.5 cm and lanceolate, or up to 4 × 2 cm and obovate; stipules glandular, minute, evident on young growth only; cymes on peduncles up to 5(8) cm long, simple with cyme branches to 1 cm long, or cyathia solitary; bracts free, shorter than the involucre, c. 3 × 2 mm, oblong, margin denticulate; cyathia c. 5 × 3 mm, with barrel-shaped involucres; glandular rim 1.5–2 mm high, entire to crenulate, white or pink; lobes c. 1 × 1 mm, rounded; male flowers: bracteoles few, filamentous; stamens 3.2 mm long; female flower: styles 1 mm long, with thickened rugulose bifid apices; capsule c. 5 × 5.5 mm, obtusely 3-lobed, exserted on a reflexed pedicel 6–12 mm long, smooth; seeds c. 2.8 × 2.3 mm, conical with truncate base, minutely and densely verrucose, brown becoming purplish, caruncle absent. |
| Type location: |
Tanzania |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | pedunculatum: presumably referring to the cyme peduncles that can be up to 8 cm long. |
| Habitat: | |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
| Flowering time: | Oct - Nov |
| Worldwide distribution: | Southeastern DRC, Burundi and southwestern Tanzania south through northeastern Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique |
| FZ divisions: | N |
| Growth form(s): | Perennial. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Carter, S. & Leach, L.C. (2001). Euphorbiaceae: subfamily Euphorbioideae: tribe Euphorbieae Flora Zambesiaca 9(5) Page 440. |
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