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Ammocharis tinneana
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Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve
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Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve
Photo: Colin Wenham
Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve
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| Synonyms: |
Crinum tinneanum Kotschy & Peyr. |
| Common names: | Northern ammocharis (English) |
| Frequency: | Locally common |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial herb, growing from a large underground bulb. Leaves in a basal rosette, invariably with a "cut-off" look, due to grazing by wildlife or cattle. Flowers in a large teminal umbel, pink to carmine. |
| Notes: | This species can be distinguished from the similar Ammocharis coranica by the more delicate and slender perianth lobes and the shorter flower stalks, which are normally half the length of the corolla tube. |
| Derivation of specific name: | tinneana: named after A. Tinné, who collected the type in the Sudan in 1873 |
| Habitat: | A species of open deciduous woodland, particularly associated with Mopane, Baobabs or Combretum spp, where it may form small colonies. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
| Flowering time: | Oct - Dec |
| Worldwide distribution: | From Ethiopia southwards to Namibia and Mozambique |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,E,S |
| Growth form(s): | |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Tuesday 21 March 2006 |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 4. 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 84. Plowes, D.C.H. & Drummond, R.B. (1990). Wild Flowers of Zimbabwe. Revised edition. Longman, Zimbabwe. No. 7, plate 20 Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 112. Zimudzi, C., Archer, R.H., Kwembeya, E.G. & Nordal, I. (2008). Amaryllidacae Flora Zambesiaca 13(1) Pages 133 - 134. (Includes a picture). |
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