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Tribulocarpus dimorphanthus

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Name

Identification
Tribulocarpus dimorphanthus Pax ex S.Moore [family AIZOACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Nitraria retusa
  • Tribulocarpus dimorphanthus
  • Tetragonia somalensis

Flora

Entry for TRIBULOCARPUS dimorphanthus (Pax) S. Moore [family AIZOACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. G. Gilbert [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
TRIBULOCARPUS dimorphanthus (Pax) S. Moore [family AIZOACEAE], (1921);
Tetragonia dimorphantha Pax [family AIZOACEAE], (1888). Fig. 62 E. [type as above]
Tetragonia somalensis Schellenb. [family AIZOACEAE], (1912);. types from Ethiopia and: N3, between “Hafun” and “Alula”, Robecchi-Bricchetti 507 (FT syn.).
Nitraria retusa [family ZYGOPHYLLACEAE], sensu Chiov., Fl. Somala: 118 (1929), non (Forssk.) Aschers.
Information
Stems up to 50 cm long, sometimes prostrate; all parts grey-green. Leaves: petiole 3–11 mm long; leaf-blade obovate-spathulate to obovate, up to 25 x 14 mm, base cuneate, tip rounded or retuse, often mucronulate. Peduncle 3–30 mm long. Perianth 9–15 mm long overall; tube 2–8 mm long, lobes 5–7 x 2.5–3.5 mm, tip rounded. Infructescence 6–8(–20) mm diam. with stout conical spines up to 5 mm long.
Range
N3; C1, 2 Ethiopia (Ogaden); NE Kenya; Namibia and adjacent areas of South Africa.
Altitude range
170–400 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Bally 9558; Gillett & al. 21994; Gillett & Beckett 23299.
Notes
Da’uleh, kaxar (Som.). The plants from Namibia are mostly more robust and have more flowers open at one time within the clusters, but there is no obvious discontinuity.

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