Limeum viscosum (J. Gay) Fenzl
subsp. viscosum
var. dubium Friedr.

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Status: Native
Description:
This variety differs from var. viscosum and var. krausii by the broadly obovate to subcircular, usually less than twice as long as wide, and the pedicels up to 7 mm long.
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Derivation of specific name: viscosum: viscid, sticky
Habitat: In open deciduous woodland on sandy soils
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Worldwide distribution: (this variety) Mozambique, southern Zimbabwe and Mpumalanga, South Africa.
Zimbabwe distribution: S
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Literature:

Gonçalves, M.L. (1978). Molluginaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Pages 530 - 531.

Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 15. under Aizoaceae

Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 88.


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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Limeum viscosum
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Limeum viscosum subsp. viscosum var. dubium.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=122840, retrieved 28 March 2024

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