Anginon fruticosum I.Allison & B.-e.van Wyk

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Apiaceae > Anginon

Characteristics

Much-branched, woody shrub, 1-3 m high; mature parts green, not glaucous. Stems branched at the base, leafy mostly from the base upwards. Leaves relatively uniform; basal leaves biternate with toothed leaflets; upper eaves needle-like, undivided and junciform, or with a few short unequal divisions, (16-)24-86(-174) mm long; petiole and rachis adaxially grooved; lamina total-absent. Inflorescences apical on long shoots, mostly with congested primary racemes, rarely with secondary racemes, lateral racemes terminate in compound umbels, often with numerous condensed sterile scale-leaves; scale-leaves 4-7 mm long; rays (9-)11-20(-27) mm long; involucre bracts (1.8-)2.2-3.2(-3.7) mm long; involucel bracts (1.2-)1.4-1.9(-2.3) mm long. Flowers with pedicels (1.0-)1.9-3.8(-5.8) mm long; calyx teeth 0.3-0.5(-0.6) mm long; petals very widely ovate, (0.8-)0.9-1.2(-1.3) x (0.7-)0.9-1.1(-1.2) mm, inflexed part (0.4-)0.6-0.8(-0.9) mm long; resin ducts branched; filaments 0.9-1.3(-1.6) mm long, the uppermost 0.1(-0.2) mm inflexed in bud; anthers (0.5-)0.6-0.8 mm long; ovary (0.6-)0.7-0.9(-1.1) mm long; stylopodium 1.1-1.5(-1.7) mm wide, (0.5-)0.6-0.8(-1.0) mm high; style 0.1-0.3 mm long. Fruit very widely ovate; mericarps rugose, (2.0-)2.2-2.9(-3.5) mm long, (0.6-)1.1-1.6(-2.1) mm broad, resin ducts 6. Chromosome number: 2n = 22! (voucher: Van Wyk 3050).
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Like A. difforme but plants well-branched, upper leaves shortly and unevenly 2-or 3-sect, petiole and/or rachis adaxially grooved.
Like A. difforme but plants multistemmed, leaves grooved above and some shortly and unevenly 2-or 3-sect.
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Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 1-2
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

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Distribution

Anginon fruticosum world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:999750-1
WFO ID wfo-0000536525
COL ID DZ8D
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Synonyms

Anginon fruticosum