Cyphostemma spinosopilosum
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Photo: Mark Hyde
SRGH
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SRGH
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| Synonyms: |
Cissus spinosopilosum Gilg & M. Brandt |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Prostrate herb. Stems, petioles and leaflets with stipitate glands, particularly on the veins; tendrils absent. Leaves 3-foliolate; petiole up to 30 mm long, margin with large, sharp, glandular teeth. Flowers yellowish green. |
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| Notes: | This species is known from South Africa and was not included in Flora Zambesiaca Volume 2 part 2(1966) nor in The Preliminary Checklist of the Plants of Botswana (Setshogo, 2005). It has been included here based on the presence of a specimen at SRGH from the Southeastern Division. |
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| Habitat: | Open savanna woodland and grassland. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Zimbabwe, Botswana and South Africa. |
| FZ divisions: | SE |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Wednesday 30 August 2017 |
| Literature: |
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 83. Retief, E. & Herman, P.P.J. (1997). Plants of the northern provinces of South Africa: keys and diagnostic characters Strelitzia 6 Page 649. |
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