Entry From
FZ, Vol 4, Part 0, page 522, (1978) Author: M. L. Gonçalves
Names
Mollugo suffruticosa forma annua A. Peter [family MOLLUGINACEAE], op. cit.: 29 (1932); op cit.: 259 (1938). Type from Tanzania.
Hypertelis suffruticosa Bak. Adamson [family MOLLUGINACEAE], loc. cit. Type as for Pharnaceum suffruticosum.
Hypertelis bowkeriana Sond. [family MOLLUGINACEAE], in Harv. & Sond., F.C. 1: 145 (1860).—Pax & Hoffm. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 16c: 227 (1934).—Adamson in Journ S. Afr. Bot. 24: 55 (1957).—Jacobsen, Hand. Sukk. Pl. 2: 634 (1960).—Jeffrey in F.T.E.A, Aizoaceae: 18, fig. 6 (1961).—Friedr. in Prodr. Fl. SW. Afr. 26: 8 (1966).—J. H. Ross, Fl. Natal: 162 (1972). TAB. 137. Type from S. Africa.
Pharnaceum suffruticosum Bak. [family MOLLUGINACEAE], in Journ. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 151 (1883). Type from Madagascar.
Mollugo suffruticosa A. Peter [family MOLLUGINACEAE], in Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen, N.F. 13 2: 54 (1928); Fl. Deutsch Ost–Afr. 2, 2: 29, t. 34 (1932); op. cit. 3: 259 (1938).—Brenan, T.T.C.L.: 349 (1949). Type from Tanzania.
Habitat
In woodland, mangrove swamp margins, sandy bed of rivers, littoral dunes and salt pan depressions
Distribution
Mozambique M Maputo, Umbeluzi fl & fr 19.iv.1959, Macuácua 77 (COI; LISC; SRGH).Mozambique GI Chibuto, Capelas Farm, fl. & fr. 11 vi 1960, Lemos & Balsinhas 89 (BM; COI; LISC; SRGH).Zimbabwe S Nuanetsi, near Malipate, fl. & fr. 27.iv.1961, Drummond & Rutherford–Smith 7548 (BM; LISC; SRGH).Zimbabwe C Salisbury, 1470m., fl. & fr. 17.ix.1911 , Rogers 5520 (BM; K; SRGH).Botswana SE Gaberones Dam, fl. & fr. ix.1967, Lambrecht 328 (LISC).Mozambique MS Sofala near Divinhe, 7·5 m. fl & fr l.ix.1961, Leach 11252 (LISC; SRGH).Zimbabwe W Mangwe, Thornville Ranch, fl. & fr. 7.xi.l951, Plowes 1317 (SRGH).Botswana N Ngamiland, near Tsau, Okavango, 930 m., fl. & fr. 18 iii 1961 Richards 14775 (K; SRGH).