Gisekia africana africana
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27 Apr 2014
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27 Apr 2014
| Family: | Viscaceae |
| Full name: | Gisekia africana (Lour.) Kuntze var. africana |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | Volstruisdruiwe, Rooi-rankopslag |
| English common name(s): | Ostrich herb |
| Synonym(s): | Miltus africanus Lour. Gisekia africana (Lour.) Kuntze (1898) Gisekia miltus Fenzl (*) Gisekia mozambicensis Spreng. (*) Gisekia pentadecandra Moq. |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: | Petals bright pink, sometimes white. Inflorescences umbelliform, sessile or subsessile in the axils of foliage leaves. (from JSTOR Global Plants website / Flora of Tropical East Africa) Mericarp papillose to spiny. (Gisekia (Gisekiaceae): Phylogenetic relationships, etc., Bissinger et al, American Journal of Botany, 2014) |
| Link(s) |
African Plant Database
JSTOR Plant Science Kew Herbarium Catalogue BGBM Berlin-Dahlem - Virtual Herbarium Züricher Herbarien iNaturalist (Namibia / Alex Dreyer) iNaturalist (Namibia) iNaturalist (southern Africa) Flora of Zimbabwe Fleurs de notre Terre - Galerie Namibie Tree Atlas of Namibia |
| Content last updated: | 18 Apr 2024 |
