Hirpicium echinus

  • Filed As

    Asteraceae
    Hirpicium echinus

  • Collector(s)

    H. I. Stevens 37 with Robert Brand, Andor Venter, Hendrik J. T. Venter, Robert Borris, 08 Mar 2002

  • Location

    South Africa. Northern Cape. Kuruman. Molopo Nature Reserve. 1km loop along game trails west-northwest of camp.

  • Habitat

    Kalahari red sands. Thorny savanna with Acacia erioloba, A. melifera, Schmidtia, Grewia flava, Eragrostis lehmanniana and Aristida spp.

  • Description

    Small thorny shrub; flowers yellow.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 199200

    Occurrence ID: 0e2bf18d-ba9f-477d-9612-bfcce1d8cb36

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Asterales

  • Family

    Asteraceae

  • All Determinations

    Hirpicium echinus det H. I. Stevens, 08 Mar 2002

  • Region

    Africa

  • Country

    South Africa

  • State/Province

    Northern Cape

  • Locality

    Kuruman. Molopo Nature Reserve. 1km loop along game trails west-northwest of camp

  • Elevation

    Alt. 1010 m. (3314 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -25.7357, 22.8634

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NEWVOHK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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REPORT ANY REIDENTIFICATION OF THIS VOUCHER
TO THE INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC BOTANY. NY
The New York Botanical Garden
Plants of South Africa
ASTERACEAE
Hirpicium echinus Less.
det. H. I. Stevens, 2002
South Africa. Northern Cape, Kuruman, Molopo Nature Reserve.
1km loop along game trails west-northwest of camp. 25° 44,143*
22° 51.805* E. Elevation: ca. 1010 m.
Kalahari red sands. Thorny savanna with Acacia erioloba, A.
melífera, Schmidtia, Grewía flava, Eragrostis lehmanniana and
Aristida spp..
Small thorny shrub; flowers yellow.
Collected by: Hannah I. Stevens (CoIL No. 37) & Robert Brand
Andor Venter, Hendrik Venter, Robert Borris
  —08 March 2002
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