Thalictrum rhynchocarpum Quart.-Dill. & A. Rich.

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Main road from Thazima Gate, Nyika National Park

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Synonyms:
Common names:	False maidenhair (English)
Frequency:
Status:	Native
Description:	Somewhat scrambling perennial herb, up to 4 m tall. Leaves up to 40 cm long 3-4 times divided into elliptic to ovate, 3-lobed leaflets, closely resembling the fronds of ferns in the genus Adiantum (Maidenhair ferns). Flowers in lax many-flowered branched heads, small, green to purplish, petals absent. Fruit asymmetrically spindle-shaped with a long beaked apex, pendent on long hair-like pedicels.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	rhynchocarpum: with beaked fruit
Habitat:	Along clearings and margins of evergreen forest.
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Worldwide distribution:	Tropical Africa and South Africa.
Malawi distribution:	N,C,S
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Content last updated:	Tuesday 1 August 2023
Literature:	Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 233. Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 55. Exell, A.W. & Milne-Redhead, E. (1960). Ranunculaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1) Page 96. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 69. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 157.

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