Subularia monticola

taxobox
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
unranked_ordo = Rosids
ordo = Brassicales
familia = Brassicaceae
genus = "Subularia"
species = "S. monticola"
binomial = "Subularia monticola"
binomial_authority = A.Br. ex Schweinf.cite web
url = http://www.ville-ge.ch/cjb/bd/africa/details.php?langue=an&id=78167
title = "Subularia monticola" A.Br. ex Schweinf. record n° 78167
accessdate = 2008-05-08
format = HTML
work = African Plants Database
publisher = South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and Tela Botanica ] (1867)cite web
url = http://www2.biologie.uni-halle.de/bot/brassic.html
title = Type specimens of the Brassicaceae in the Herbarium of the Martin-Luther-University Halle Wittenberg (HAL)
accessdate = 2008-05-08
last = Hoffmann
first = Matthias H.
date = 2003-10-27
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publisher =

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range_map_caption = Range of "Subularia monticola"
range_map_caption = Range of "Subularia monticola"|

"Subularia monticola" is one of the water loving, annuals of the genus "Subularia" in the mustard family Brassicaceae. It lives in the cool, moist high elevations of Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Zaire.cite book
coauthors = K. Kubitzki, K.U. Kramer, P.S. Green, J. G. Rohwer, V. Bittrich, H. Huber, J. W. Kadereit, C. Jeffrey
title = The families and genera of vascular plants
url = http://books.google.com/books?id=I8oMV1lsS6kC&pg=PA163&lpg=PA163&source=web&ots=yRLaPxp4aL&sig=kmNYV0Agwj-OmM7qOYJO-YoO9SY&hl=en
publisher = Springer Science+Business Media
accessdate = 2008-05-08
isbn = 3540428739
chapter = Cruciferae
chapterurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=I8oMV1lsS6kC&pg=PA163&lpg=PA163&source=web&ots=yRLaPxp4aL&sig=kmNYV0Agwj-OmM7qOYJO-YoO9SY&hl=en]

Description

"Subularia monticola" forms cushions or mats in moist areas in upland rainforests and moorland, such as the edges of ponds and bogs, or muddy footpaths,cite web
url = http://www.systbot.unizh.ch/datenbanken/rwenzori/Rwenzori_desktop.pdf
title = Common plants of the Rwenzori, particularly the upper zones
accessdate = 2008-05-06
author = H. Peter Linder and Berit Gehrke
authorlink = University of Zurich
date = 2 March 2006
format = PDF
publisher = Institute for Systematic Botany, University of Zurich] though it may grow underwater in some cases. It can form mats in permanently wet areas. It is a short-lived plant that lacks leaves in its early development, instead having just a stem and taproot. It grows to 5 to 16 centimeters (2 to 6 inches). It produces tiny white flowers.

Distribution

"Subularia monticola" is an African high-altitude plant, growing at altitudes of around 2,750 to 4,750 meters (9,000 to 15,600 feet) above sea-level. Some examples will serve to demonstrate the range of environments in which it thrives:

On Mount Kilimanjaro, which is mostly arid, "Subularia monticola" grows in oases made by rain or melted snow collecting in depressions, where it forms continuous carpets of vegetation alongside "Eriocaulon volkensii", "Cyperaceae" and "Bulliarda elatinoides".cite book
last = Schimper
first = Andreas Franz Wilhelm
coauthors = William Rogers Fisher, Percy Groom, Isaac Bayley Balfour
authorlink = Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper
editor = Translation of "Pflanzen-geographie auf physiologischer Grundlage" by William Rogers Fisher
title = Plant-geography Upon a Physiological Basis
url = http://books.google.com/books?id=I_MKAAAAIAAJ
format = HTML
accessdate = 2008-05-08
date = 1903
publisher = Clarendon Press
chapter = Mountain Regions in the Tropics
chapterurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=I_MKAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA739] On Mount Kenya, cracks formed by daily freezing and thawing of ice provide a refuge for "Subularia monticola" seedlings.cite journal
last =Mahaney
first =William C.
authorlink =York University
coauthors =Michael G. Boyer
title =Notes on the Morphology and Genesis of Mud Polygons on Mount Kenya, East Africa
journal =Géographie physique et Quaternaire
volume =42
issue =1
pages =89-96
format = PDF
date =1988
url = http://beta.erudit.org/revue/gpq/1988/v42/n1/032712ar.pdf
accessdate = 2008-05-08 ] It also forms short, dense mats on the occasionally-flooded mudflats around Lake Kimilili, a lake 4150 meters above sea-level on the Kenya-Uganda border. cite book
coauthors = International Union for Quaternary Research Congress, Klaus Heine, Jurge Runge
title = Proceedings of the XVth INQUA Conference, Durban, South Africa, 3-11 August 1999
url = http://books.google.com/books?id=U8-5g1HFQ7QC
date = 2001
publisher = Taylor & Francis
isbn = 9058093506
pages = 330 pages
chapter = Section 2
chapterurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=U8-5g1HFQ7QC&pg=PA90]

References

External links

*1913
*cite book
last = Meyer
first = Hans
authorlink = Hans Meyer (geologist)
coauthors = E. H. S. Calder
title = Across East African Glaciers: An Account of the First Ascent of Kilimanjaro
url = http://books.google.com/books?id=CsMhAAAAMAAJ&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0
accessdate = 2008-05-08
date = 1891
publisher = G. Philip & son
chapter = Appendix
chapterurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=CsMhAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA370&lpg=PA370&source=web&ots=b-_Wattxe-&sig=v6ecMpNlRtm8M4LSoqs2BW4xY88&hl=en#PPA370,M1]