Ammannia senegalensis

Ammannia senegalensis

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: A. senegalensis

Varieties: A. s. var. ondongana –. A. s. var. senegalensis

Name

• Ammannia senegalensis Lam., 1791
  • Type locality: Southern Africa, Oriental Africa

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Ammannia senegalensis f. typica Koehne in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 1: 255 (1880), not validly publ.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Africa Regional: Western Africa Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Gambia, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Nigeria , Senegal, Sierra Leone Regional: Central Africa Central African Repu, Chad, Mali, Niger, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Regional: Northern Africa Egypt, Libya Regional: Eastern Africa Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania Regional: Southern Africa KwaZulu-Natal, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Swaziland Introduced into: Greece References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Lamarck, J.-B. 1791–1793 ["1791"]. Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Botanique. Premiere livraison. XVI+496 pp., tt. 1–111. Panckoucke, Paris. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. : 1: t. 77, fig. 2. 1:312(text).

Additional references

• Riehl, R. & Baensch, H.A. 2001. Atlas de l’aquarium. 14th edition, volume 1, p. 92–93. ISBN 3-88244-049-X. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Ammannia senegalensis 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 senegalensis. Published online. Accessed: August 17 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Ammannia senegalensis. 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 senegalensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 August 2023.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. August 17 Ammannia senegalensis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names

français: Ammania d’Afrique, Hysope d’eau d’Afrique

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