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. 2009 Mar 11;103(7):1049–1064. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcp048

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Fig. 1. — Examples of the variation in habitats and growth forms of woody Spermacoceae. (A, B) habitats plus growth form; (C–F) growth form. (A) Overview of Kalahari sand plateau (Mwinilunga, Zambia) where Spermacoce manikensis grows (geoxylic herb; inset, detail of habit). (B) Shore of Lake Bangweulu (Zambia) with S. bangweolensis (inset, detail of habit). (C) Gomphocalyx herniarioides, geoxylic herb (south-west Madagascar). (D) Lathraeocarpa acicularis, shrub (south-west Madagascar). (E) ‘Oldenlandia’ ambovombensis, shrub (south Madagascar). (F) ‘Oldenlandia’ humbertii, shrub (south-west Madagascar).