ISSN:
1573-5036
Keywords:
Copper flower
;
Copper tolerance
;
Haumaniastrum katangense
;
Modified environments
;
Phytoarchaeology
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
Notes:
Summary 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.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02184264
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