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Boscia foetida

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Name

Identification
Boscia foetida Schinz [family CAPPARACEAE ]
Related name
  • Boscia foetida

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Entry for Boscia foetida subsp foetida [family CAPPARACEAE]
Herbarium
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Compton Herbarium, Cape Town (SAM)
Collection
Flora of Southern Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of South Africa, (2003) Author: Dr J.P. Roux
Names
Boscia foetida subsp foetida [family CAPPARACEAE]
Common names
Boscia foetida Schinz in Verh. Bot. Ver. Brandenb. 29 : 49 (1886); Pest, in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 6, App. Ill : 136, t.2, fig. 1 (1898); Gilg & Ben. in Bot. Jahrb. 53 : 211 (1915); Roessler in F.S.W.A. 47 : 3 (1966). B. rautanenii Schinz in Vjschr. Naturf. Ges. Zurich 51 : 193 (1906); Roessler in F.S.W.A. 47 : 4 (1966). Type: South West Africa, Karibib, Rautanen 500 (Z, holo.!) B. kalachariensis sensu Dinter in Fedde, Repert. 15 : 352 (1918).
Habitat
The subsp. foetida is itself very variable. A par­ticularly narrow-leaved form, described as B. rau­tanenii, is found in the district Swakopmund and Karibib but intermediate forms occur and so it cannot be kept separate. Also in northern South West Africa the long peduncle which is so charac­teristic of this subspecies becomes much less distinct.
Use
(a) subsp. foetida Tolken in Bothalia 10 : 62(1969).

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