Monadenium pudibundum P.R.O. Bally
var. lanatum S. Carter

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Habit
Scree grassland over granite pavement
Zambezi Rapids, c. 5 km N of Kalene Hill, Ikelenge District
Oct 2024
Photo: Nick Wightman

Cyathia
Scree grassland over granite pavement
Zambezi Rapids, c. 5 km N of Kalene Hill, Ikelenge District
Oct 2024
Photo: Nick Wightman

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Synonyms:	Euphorbia pudibunda (P.R.O. Bally) Bruyns var. lanatum S.Carter
Common names:
Frequency:	Local
Status:	Native
Description:	Geophyte; rootstock tuberous, 5–6 × 2–3 cm, napiform, producing a stem c. 1 cm long below ground. Leaves appearing after the flowers, produced in a rosette at ground level, c. 3.2 × 1.5 cm, obovate; flowering stems with scale-like leaves. Cymes 1–5, reduced to solitary cyathia on peduncles 1–2.5 cm long; bracts joined in a bract-cup 5 × 8 mm, longer than the involucre, shortly notched between rounded apices, whitish. Cyathia c. 5 × 4 mm, with barrel-shaped involucres; glandular rim c. 1.5 mm high, crenulate, white; lobes 1 × 1 mm, subquadrate, denticulate. Female flower: perianth obvious, 3-lobed, toothed; styles 1 mm long, with bifid thickened apices. Male flowers: bracteoles 1.5 mm long, puberulous; stamens c. 2 mm long. Capsule 4 × 3.5 mm, obtusely 3-lobed, smooth. Seeds 2 × 1.25 mm, ovoid, smooth; caruncle absent. The upper leaf surface and margins are densely covered with cartilaginous hair-like outgrowths 1-1.5 mm long differentiates var. lanatum from var. pudibundum which has glabrous leaf surfaces and margins crisped with crowded cartilaginous teeth.
Type location:	Zambia, Mwinilunga
Notes:	Currently only known from the type collection and NCW1338 made from the type locality along the upper reaches of the Zambezi River.
Derivation of specific name:	pudibundum: Latin for shamefaced, bashful or modest. lanatum: covered in fine white hairs or hair-like filaments.
Habitat:	Among rocks in gritty soil
Altitude range: (metres)	1200 m (approx)
Flowering time:	(Sep-)Oct - Nov
Worldwide distribution:	Zambia (Ikelenge District)
National distribution:	W
Zambian distribution (Provinces):	Nw
Growth form(s):	Perennial.
Endemic status:	Endemic
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Images last updated:	Thursday 9 January 2025
Literature:	Carter, S. & Leach, L.C. (2001). Euphorbiaceae: subfamily Euphorbioideae: tribe Euphorbieae Flora Zambesiaca 9(5) Pages 441 - 443.

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Monadenium pudibundum
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Monadenium pudibundum
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Monadenium pudibundum
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Monadenium pudibundum P.R.O. Bally var. lanatum S. Carter

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Monadenium pudibundum P.R.O. Bally
var. lanatum S. Carter