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Rapid growth of Welwitschia mirabilis following an episodic rainfall / Timothy O. Osborne; Ellen Gudde

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Mitteilungen Namibia Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft. p.9-16 ill,. Tables ; Vol.42 No.1-3Publication details: Windhoek : John Meinert, 2001Description: 7 pages : illustrationstables; 21 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • PER 451a Mitteilungen
Summary: A scientific description on studies carried out on the endemic Welwitschia mirabilis bainesii in Namibia. This plant survives in areas where the rainfall is as low as 55mm per annum as it utilizes moisture from fog. The unusal high rainfall provided a rare opportunity to measure the growth of the plants, which had been naturally marked. In total 102 plants were measured in mm. Included tables indicate the measured results pertaining to stem diameter, total growth, primary growth, secondary growth, sex of plant and topography notes
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A scientific description on studies carried out on the endemic Welwitschia mirabilis bainesii in Namibia. This plant survives in areas where the rainfall is as low as 55mm per annum as it utilizes moisture from fog. The unusal high rainfall provided a rare opportunity to measure the growth of the plants, which had been naturally marked. In total 102 plants were measured in mm. Included tables indicate the measured results pertaining to stem diameter, total growth, primary growth, secondary growth, sex of plant and topography notes

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