Catophractes alexandri D.Don

• Region

  Africa

• Country

  South Africa

• State/Province

  Northern Cape

• Locality

  Kalahari, Oxford Pan, on west bank near Lost City Hills, 32 km along Rietfontein turn-off from Kgaligadi road

• Coordinates

  -26.9233, 20.2469

• Location Notes

  [Africa]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

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Plants of South Africa
Bignoniaceae
Catophractes alexandri D. Don
det. H. J. Venter, 2002
South Africa. Northern Cape. Kalahari, Oxford Pan, on west bank near Lost City
Hills, 32 km along Rietfontein tum-off from Kgaligadi road: 26° 55.396’ S: 20°
14.812'E
On flats at foot of hills around salt pan, along roadside, in full sun. Well-
drained soil of gravelly calcrete sand. Succulent Karoo with Rhigosum
trichotomum, Acacia melifera, Rhus burchellii and Stipagrostis..
Many stemmed shrub up to 3 m high, bark dark brown. Taproot thick and
fibrous. Leaves opposite, simple, hairy, grey, 20-30 x 6-8 mm, leaf margins
dentate.
H. J. Venter & A. Venter 9772
29 April 2002
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