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Myrtaceae

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21. Myrtaceae

Syzygium guineense (Willd.) DC subsp. huillense (Hiern) F. White. A geoxylic suffrutex (White 1976). Fire traces observed on plants remnants 20 cm above the ground. Stems 75 cm high, leaves and owers near the soil. Flowering noticed in September and in January. Chamaephyte, on the study area rather hemicryptophyte. Plot 1, rec. 1, 2; Fl. Zamb.: Rhizomatous geoxylic su rutex up to 0.6 m tall, but o en no more than 0.3 m, usually owering on unbranched current year’ shoots arising directly from the rootstock; West (1972): Su rutescent shrublet or underground tree.

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Published as part of Medwecka-Kornas, Anna, 2022, Fire influence upon the savanna vegetation in Zambia and problems related with the role of this factor, pp. 6-114 in Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis Studia Naturae S 7 on page 32

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Biodiversity

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Order
Myrtales
Family
Myrtaceae
Taxon rank
family

References

  • White, F. (1976). Le underground forests of Africa: a preliminary review. Tropical Botany. hve Gardens' Bulletin (Singapore), 29, 57-71.
  • West, O. (1972). Fire, man and wikdlife as interacting factors. Annual Tall Timber Fire Ecology Conference, 11, 121-145.