Zannichellia L.

Duarte, M.,C. (2009) Zannichelliaceae Flora Zambesiaca 12(2) 96-98

Description of the genus

Submerged annuals or short-lived perennials; rhizome creeping, sympodial, matted; roots 1–2 per node, unbranched, covered with root-hairs; stems simple or branched. Leaves in pseudowhorls of three, proximally opposite or alternate, linear; leaf-sheath absent or short; axillary scales 2. Flowers solitary or more usually in groups of 1 staminate and a cluster of pistillate flowers at each pseudowhorl; staminate flowers ephemeral, long-stalked; pistillate flowers surrounded by a spathe, solitary or pseudo-umbellate. Fruit a drupelet, stipitate; seed with a coiled hypocotyl.

Worldwide: One cosmopolitan species.

Botswana: 1 taxon.

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palustris L.N,SE

Other sources of information about Zannichellia:

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Zannichellia
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Zannichellia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Zannichellia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Zannichellia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Zannichellia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Zannichellia
JSTOR Plant Science: Zannichellia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Zannichellia
Plants of the World Online: Zannichellia
Tropicos: Zannichellia
Wikipedia: Zannichellia

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Botswana: Genus page: Zannichellia.
https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=2049, retrieved 19 March 2024

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