Dichrostachys cinerea (L.)Wight & Arn. Subsp. platycarpa (W.Bull)Brenan & Brummitt

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Dichrostachys (DC.)Wight & Arn.
Tribe: Mimoseae
Rank: Subsp.
Subspecies: platycarpa
Subspecies authority: (W.Bull)Brenan & Brummitt
References: [21]

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Other names:

• Dichrostachys platycarpa W.Bull [Synonym] [21]
  

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Shrub
  • Tree
• Lifespan:
  • Perennial
• Stems:
  • Not climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1988(Africa)Lock JM
• Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator:
  • 1994/1995 Lewis GP
• Conservation Status:
  • Not Threatened

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa
  • Angola-ISO [21]
  • Benin [21]
  • Cameroon [21]
  • Ghana [21]
  • Guinea [21]
  • Guinea Bissau [21]
  • Liberia [21]
  • Senegal [21]
  • Sierra Leone [21]
  • Sudan [21]
  • Togo [21]
  • Uganda [21]
  • Zaire [21]

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Notes:

• Two varieties; disjunct distributions. Described and mapped Br. & Br. Ref.21
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 12:46:39