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Diospyros lycioides subsp. lycioides [family EBENACEAE]

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 7, Part 1, page 248, (1983) Author: F. White
Names
Diospyros lycioides subsp. lycioides [family EBENACEAE], — de Winter in F.S.A. 26: 73 (1963). — de Winter & F. White, Prodr. Fl. S.W. Afr.107: 3 (1967). — Drummond in Kirkia, 10: 267 (1975). — F. White & Vosa in Bol. Soc. Bot., Sér. 2, 53: 282, 291, tab. 4 fig. a (1980). TAB. 61, fig. A.
Information
Shrub or small tree up to 6 m. high. Branchlets spreading at right–angles or slightly ascending at the ends, occasionally spinescent, mostly naked towards the base with the leaves crowded towards the tips. Chromosome numbers: 2n = 30, 60. Hollow circles indicate subsp. lycioides, solid circles subsp. Sericea, and half solid circles degree squares in which both subspecies occur. Crosses represent intermediates between the two subspecies.
Habitat
In riparian forest and thicket
Range
Also widespread in the drier parts of Namibia and South Africa
Altitude range
600–1000 m.
1000
600
Distribution
Botswana N Ngamiland, 6 km. S. of Shakawe, 1000 m., fr. 24.iv.197S, Müller & Biegel 2261 (SRGH).Zimbabwe S Shashi R. near Lindi Rest Camp, fr. l.ii.1973, White 10089 (FHO; SRGH).Botswana SE Mochudi, Marico R., S fl– x.1946, 0. B. Miller B/467 (FHO).Zimbabwe W Kezi to Sun Yat Sen 38 km., Kaholi R. fr. 31.i.1973, White 10079 (FHO; SRGH).Botswana SW Bohelabatho pan, fl. l.xi.1978, Skarpe 293 (SRGH).
Diospyros lycioides subsp. lycioides [family EBENACEAE]
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