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Synonyms: |
Acalypha ciliata sensu Prain & Hutch. Acalypha vahliana Müll. Arg. |
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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Very similar to Acalypha ciliata but consistently differing in the teeth of the female bracts, which are up to 1.5 mm long, falcate-lanceolate, curved at the apex, often lying alongside each other and almost contiguous. |
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Derivation of specific name: | fimbriata: fimbriate; with a fringed margin, referring to the margin of the female bracts. |
Habitat: | In Acacia woodland, riverine vegetation, on the margins of pans, on alluvial soil or sandy soil near the edge of water. |
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Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in tropical Africa and northern South Africa. |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Content last updated: | Saturday 31 March 2018 |
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 142. Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 86. (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 40. Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 60. (Includes a picture). Radcliffe-Smith, A. (1996). Euphorbiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(4) Pages 205 - 206. |
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