Sphenoclea zeylanica Gaertn.
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Moenge, Itimbiri River, DR Congo. © Botanic Garden Meise
Photo: Bart Wursten
Moenge, Itimbiri River, DR Congo. © Botanic Garden Meise
Photo: Bart Wursten
Moenge, Itimbiri River, DR Congo. © Botanic Garden Meise
Photo: Bart Wursten
Moenge, Itimbiri River, DR Congo. © Botanic Garden Meise
Photo: Mark Hyde
Catapu Pan, Catapu, Mozambique
Photo: Mark Hyde
Catapu Pan, Catapu, Mozambique
Species details: Click on each item to see an explanation of that item (Note: opens a new window)
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Status:
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Native |
Description:
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Branched annual herb, up to 1.5 m tall. Stems hollow. Leaves lanceolate, narrowly ovate to elliptic, up to 12 × 5 cm, hairless; margin entire; petiole up to 1.5 cm long. Flowers in conical-cylindric spikes, up to 12 cm long. Corolla very small, white, greenish or pink yellow. Fruit a capsule, 4-5 mm in diameter, dehiscing below the calyx lobes, leaving the base attached to the rhachis. |
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Derivation of specific name:
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zeylanica: from Sri Lanka (Ceylon) |
Habitat:
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In wet places near pools, pans, irrigation channels, swamps and floodplains |
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Worldwide distribution:
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Widespread in tropical Africa, Asia and (probably introduced) America |
Botswana distribution:
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Spot characters:
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Content last updated: |
Tuesday 2 December 2014 |
Literature:
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Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 80.
Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 106.
Thulin, M. (1983). Sphenocleaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(1) Pages 116 - 117. (Includes a picture).
Welman, W.G. (2000). Flora of Southern Africa contributions 16: Sphenocleaceae Bothalia 30(1) Pages 31 - 33. (Includes a picture).
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-22
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2022).
Flora of Botswana: Species information: Sphenoclea zeylanica. https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=157700, retrieved 13 August 2022
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