Ottelia muricata

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Alismatales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Alismatales

Familia: Hydrocharitaceae
Genus: Ottelia
Species: Ottelia muricata

Name edit

Ottelia muricata (C.H.Wright) Dandy, 1934

Synonyms edit

  • Basionym
    • Boottia muricata C.H.Wright in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 569 (1898).
  • Heterotypic
    • Boottia aschersoniana Gürke in O.Warburg (ed.), Kunene-Sambesi Exped.: 173 (1903).

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: Southern Africa
      • Angola, Botswana, Caprivi Strip, Namibia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References edit

Primary references edit

Dandy, J.E., 1934. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 72: 138

Additional references edit

  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Timberlake, J.R. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2009). Flora Zambesiaca 12(2): 1-208. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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