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Tetraena simplex

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Identification
Zygophyllum simplex L. [family ZYGOPHYLLACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Tetraena simplex (L.) Beier & Thulin [family ZYGOPHYLLACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by S. Koma, 2009
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Flora

Entry for TETRAENA simplex (L.) Beier & Thulin [family ZYGOPHYLLACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
TETRAENA simplex (L.) Beier & Thulin [family ZYGOPHYLLACEAE], (2003);
Zygophyllum simplex L. [family ZYGOPHYLLACEAE], (1767). [type as above]
Zygophyllum simplex Chiov. var. herniarioides [family ZYGOPHYLLACEAE], Fl. Somala 1: 110 (1929);. type: C1, from “Obbia” to “Magangib”, Puccioni & Stefanini 372 (FT holo.).
Information
Annual to perennial herb, spreading, with up to 40 cm long stems, glabrous. Leaves simple, sessile, cylindrical to obovate, fleshy, up to 15 x 4 mm; stipules membranous, filiform. Flowers axillary, solitary or in pairs. Sepals obovate, c. 2 mm long. Petals yellow, c. 3 mm long. Filament scale bifid. Ovary glabrous; style c. 1.5 mm long. Capsule obovoid, c. 2.5 x 2 mm, deeply 5-lobed.
Range
N1–3; C1, 2; S2 widespread in drier parts of Africa and West Asia eastwards to India.
Altitude range
0–1080 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Glover & Gilliland 515; Hansen, Heemstra & Abukar Sheikh 6477; Thulin & Warfa 4512.
Distribution (external)
Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Socotra
Notes
Kabagois (Som.).

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