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Maerua maschonica

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Name

Identification
Maerua maschonica Gilg [family CAPPARACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet., Maerua juncea Pax [family CAPPARACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Maerua salicifolia
  • Maerua juncea
  • Maerua maschonica
  • Maerua flagellaris

Flora

Entry for Maerua juncea subsp. juncea [family CAPPARIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 1, Part 1, page 194, (1960) Author: H. Wild
Names
Maerua caffra [family CAPPARIDACEAE], sensu Eyles, loc. cit.
Capparis sp. [family CAPPARIDACEAE], sensu Steedman, Trees etc. S. Rhod.: 9 (1933).
Maerua maschonica Gilg [family CAPPARIDACEAE], in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 53: 240 (1915) pro parte excl. specim. Galpin 1063 et 7455 — Eyles in Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Afr. 5: 356 (1916). — O. B. Mill. in Journ. S. Afr. Bot. 18: 16 (1952).
Maerua juncea subsp. juncea [family CAPPARIDACEAE]
Information
Petals rotund, ratio of length to breadth 1: 0.73–0.96. Fruit always smooth.
Habitat
Found in the drier types of low-altitude open woodland and often associated with Acacia spp. but also occurring on termitaria at higher altitudes in Brachystegia country.
Altitude range
800
0
inferred from low
Distribution
Mozambique GI Inharrime, fr. 16.ix.1948, Myre & Carvalho 221 (LM; SRGH).Mozambique MS between Sena and Sangadze, fr. 9.x.1949, Pedro & Pedrógão 8558 (LMJ; SRGH).Malawi S Chikwawa, fl. 3.x.1946, Brass 17911 (K; PRE; SRGH).Mozambique T between Tete and Changara, fr. 30.x.1944, Torre 3714 (BM; LISC).Malawi C Kasungu, fl. 25.viii.1946, Brass 17420 (BM; K; SRGH).Zimbabwe C Gwelo, fl. & fr. 9.x.1924, Eyles in GHS 1300 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe E Umtali, fl. 19.ix.1954, Chase 5286 (BM; K; PRE; SRGH).Zimbabwe W Matopos, fl. & fr. 5.x.1952, Plowes 1488 (SRGH).Zambia S Kalomo, fl. vi.1920, Rogers 26010 (K; PRE).Mozambique N Mecufi, fl. 11.x.1948, Barbosa 2350 (BM; LISC; SRGH).Malawi N Mwanembe Mt., fr. ix.1902, McClounie 166 (K).Zimbabwe N Urungwe, fl. 4.viii.1956, Goodier 88 (SRGH).Zambia C Chilanga, fl. 10.x.1909, Rogers 8550 (K; SRGH).Botswana N Chobe R., Serondela, fr. xi.1947, Miller B 526 (PRE).
Distribution (external)
Tanganyika
Belgian Congo

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