Anemone thomsonii
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Anemone thomsonii Oliv. |
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Anemone thomsonii is a species of Anemone which grows on the slopes of mountains in East Africa.
[edit] Description
Anemone thomsonii leaves attach to the base of the plant and are extremely divided almost into separate parts with the segments linear and less than a millimeter wide. The whole leaf, the collection of divided segments, is deeply lobed and broadly elliptically shapped.[2]
[edit] Description
Endemic to the Arusha Region, (Mount Hanang[2][3] and Mount Meru)[3] Tanzania.
The following was presented as a first hand view of the flora on Kilimanjaro:
- "The gently arching, pink flowered Dierama pendulum and the white flowered Anemone thomsonii are often hidden by clumps of grass as is the small pink-flowered orchid Disa stairsii."[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Anemone thomsonii Oliv. record n° 175362 (HTML). African Plants Database. South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and Tela Botanica. Retrieved on 2008-05-15.
- ^ a b Aluka. Anemone thomsonii Oliv. var. thomsonii [family RANUNCULACEAE] (HTML). African Plants. Ithaka Harbors, Inc. Retrieved on 2008-05-16. “Flora of Tropical East Africa, Vol , page 1 (1952) Author: E. MILNE-REDHEAD AND W. B. TURRILL”
- ^ a b Arusha Region (HTML). The Management and ecology of Tanzanian Forests. The University of York, Centre for Ecology Law and Policy (2007-07-12). Retrieved on 2008-05-13.
- ^ Stewart, Alex; Alexander Stewart (2004). "Climate", Kilimanjaro: A Trekker's Guide. Cicerone Press Limited. ISBN 1852844132. Retrieved on 2008-05-16.