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Colonisation of modified metalliferous environments in Zaïre by the copper flowerHaumaniastrum katangense

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The distribution and dynamics ofHaumaniastrum katangense (S. Moore) duvign. et Plancke (‘copper flower’) in southern Shaba Province, Zaïre have been studied. In the course of 20 years, this species has spread well beyond its original distribution. It is a successful coloniser of manmade environments containing mineralized substrates: i.e. disturbed or non-disturbed copper/cobalt deposits; copper/cobalt mining sites; sites of precolonial smelters; verges of dirt roads dressed with mine waste; along railways carrying ore wagons.

The presence ofH. katangense along the verges of railways and roads, explains the expansion of its distribution in modern times, however its occurrence over sites of precolonial copper smelting operations is of great importance in archaeology.

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  1. Laboratoire de Botanique et Écologie, Université de Lumbashi, B.P. 3429, Lubumbashi, Zaïre

    F. Malaisse

  2. Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Biophysics, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

    R. R. Brooks

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Malaisse, F., Brooks, R.R. Colonisation of modified metalliferous environments in Zaïre by the copper flowerHaumaniastrum katangense . Plant Soil 64, 289–293 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02184264

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