Ammannia octandra

Ammannia octandra

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Myrtales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Myrtales

Familia: Lythraceae
Genus: Ammannia
Species: Ammannia octandra

Name

Ammannia octandra L.f., 1782

Homonyms

• Ammannia octandra Cham. & Schltdl. = Ammannia coccinea subsp. coccinea

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Diplostemon octandrus (L.f.) Miq. in Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 615 (1856)
  • Nesaea octandra (L.f.) Wight in Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 1: t. 217 (1839)
• Heterotypic
  • Ammannella linearis Miq. in Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 619 (1856)
  • Ammannia coccinea Pers. in Syn. Pl. 1: 147 (1805)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental:Asia-tropical Regional: Indian subcontinent Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka Regional: Southeastern Asia Jawa, Myanmar, Thailand References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. (filius) 1782 ["1781"]. Supplementum Plantarum systematis vegetabilium editionis decimae tertiae, generum plantarum editionis sextae, et specierum plantarum editionis secundae. [XVI]+468 pp. Impensis Orphanotrophei, Brunsvigae [Braunschweig]. BHL Reference page. : 127

Additional references

• Kress, W.J.E., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E.R. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. 2003. A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar (Revised from the original works by J. H. Lace, R. Rodger, H. G. Hundley, and U Chit Ko Ko on the "List of Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Principal Climbers, etc. Recorded from Burma"). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1–590. Smithsonian Institution. JSTOR BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Ammannia octandra in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 August 17. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Ammannia octandra. Published online. Accessed: August 17 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Ammannia octandra. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 August 17. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Ammannia octandra. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 August 2023.

Vernacular names

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