Derivation of specific name
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tinneana: named after A. Tinné, who collected the type in the Sudan in 1873
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Ammocharis tinneana (Kotschy & Peyr.) Milne-Redh. & Schweick. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=115070
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Description
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Perennial herb, growing from a large underground bulb. Leaves in a basal rosette, invariably with a "cut-off" look, due to grazing by wildlife or cattle. Flowers in a large teminal umbel, pink to carmine.
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Ammocharis tinneana (Kotschy & Peyr.) Milne-Redh. & Schweick. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=115070
- author
- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Frequency
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Locally common
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Ammocharis tinneana (Kotschy & Peyr.) Milne-Redh. & Schweick. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=115070
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
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From Ethiopia southwards to Namibia and Mozambique
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Ammocharis tinneana (Kotschy & Peyr.) Milne-Redh. & Schweick. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=115070
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings