Species Zygophyllum uitenhagense
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Etymology of Zygophyllum:
Gk. zygon = a yoke; phyllum = leaf. The leaves are usually bifoliolate – the two leaflets are as if ‘yoked together’.
Scientific name:
Zygophyllum uitenhagense Sond.
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Protologue:
Fl. Cap. (Harvey) 1: 361 (1860)
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Year published:
1860
Trailing shrublet with branches to 2 m long. Leaves bifoliolate, leaflets obovate to elliptic. Flowers yellow with red or brown markings. Fruits round or oblong and 5-sutured when fresh, 5-angled with heavy ribs when dry. Mainly Sept. Coastal sands and limestones among scrub, AP, LB, SE (Bredasdorp to Grahamstown).
Observations of Taxon
Zygophyllum uitenhagense
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Name of observer:
Pauline Bohnen (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown