Thesium goetzeanum Engl.

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Synonyms:	Thesium caespitosum Robyns & Lewalrée Thesium rhodesiacum sensu Eyles in Trans. Roy. Soc. SA 5:344 (1916) Thesium rogersii A.W. Hill Thesium schweinfurthii Engl. var. laxum Engl.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Perennial herb with a thick woody caudex with tufted stems arising from the crown. Bracts relatively broad (1-2 mm wide), lanceolate often with minutely scaberulous margins, usually adnate to entire length of the pedicel, rarely only to lower half. Flowers usually solitary in the axil of each bract, c. 7-13 racemosely arranged. Perianth lobes with apical beard. Fruits pale with strongly raised ribs but less strongly raised reticulations.
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Derivation of specific name:	goetzeanum: after Walter Goetze (1872-1899), German naturalist, explorer, photographer and collector of botanical and zoological specimens in Tanzania.
Habitat:	Grassland and open grassland in a variety of soils including serpentine
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Worldwide distribution:	From Central Kenya south to South Africa.
Mozambique distribution:	MS
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Content last updated:	Thursday 25 February 2021
Literature:	Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 55. Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 35. Hilliard, O.M. (2006). Santalaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(3) Pages 236 - 238. (Includes a picture). 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 76. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 95. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 100.

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