Species Catophractes alexandri D. Don (Trumpet-thorn)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Viridiplantae
  • - phylum: Streptophyta
  • -- class: Magnoliopsida
  • --- order: Lamiales
  • ---- family: Bignoniaceae
  • ----- species: Catophractes alexandri
Characteristics:shrub, large trumpet-shaped white flowers, sometimes slightly pink, hairy blue-grey leaves, hard black thorns in pairs, fruit is a woody capsule
Countries:
BW
Botswana
NA
Namibia
ZA
South Africa
Ecoregions:
AT1309
Kalahari xeric savanna
Links:
References:Van der Walt and le Riche 1999: 75; Van Rooyen et al. 2001: 54
Date: 2006-10-23
Place: Pos 15, Omaheke, Namibia
Creator: Christfried Naumann
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Date: 2006-10-23
Place: Pos 15, Omaheke, Namibia
Creator: Christfried Naumann
Permission: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain
Date: 2005-01-25
Place: Namibia, Omaheke, Pos 17
Creator: Christfried Naumann
Permission: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain
Date: 2005-02-07
Place: Pos 15, Omaheke, Namibia
Creator: Christfried Naumann
Permission: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain
Date: 2006-10-23
Place: Pos 15, Omaheke, Namibia
Creator: Christfried Naumann
Permission: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain
Date: 2006
Place: Omaheke, Namibia
Creator: Christfried Naumann
Permission: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain
Date: 2005-01-25
Place: Namibia, Omaheke, Pos 17
Creator: Christfried Naumann
Permission: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain
Comments: probably something else!!!
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