African Plant Database


Nesaea crassicaulis (Guill. & Perr.) Koehne
Family : LYTHRACEAE
Protologue : Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4: 225 (1903)
Information on the genus : Nesaea
Basionym : Ammannia crassicaulis Guill. & Perr.
 
 
Status
Status for MA : rejected (present), is synonym of : Ammannia crassicaulis Guill. & Perr.
Status for SA : rejected (present), is synonym of : Ammannia crassicaulis Guill. & Perr.
Status for TA : rejected (present), is synonym of : Ammannia crassicaulis Guill. & Perr.
 
Synonym(s) Homotypic
 Ammannia crassicaulis Guill. & Perr.
 
Synonym(s) Heterotypic
=Nesaea polyantha Tul. (1856)
 
Ecology and distribution
Trop. Afr.
Biology : Annual or perennial prostrate or ascending subsucculent herb, 0,07-0,5(-2) m long with ± thick ± 4-angled stems rooting at lower nodes.
Ecology : Swampy places; sometimes aquatic (standing or running water); 0-1125 m alt. Botswana, Caprivi Strip; Zanzibar, Madagascar.
South. Afr.
Biol./Eco : biology: annual-Herb, Hydrophyt- Ht 0.1 - 2 m. Alt: 2 - 1005 m. n states: BOT, NAM, KN, LP
Mada.
Biol./Eco : Herb; distribution: Africa.

Bibliography for Southern Africa :
  • Humbert, J.H. (1952). Flore de Madagascar et des Comores. Tananarive 89: 7
  • LEBRUN, J. P. & A. L. STORK (1991). Enumération des plantes à fleurs d’Afrique tropicale. Généralités et Anonaceae à Pandanaceae. Énum. Pl. Fleurs Afr. Trop. 1: 111
  • Checklist Flow. Pl. Sub-Saharan Africa : 428 (2006).
 
More info on :
see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative
see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale
see under Catalogue de Madagascar
see under Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden
 
Map
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Record n°109227
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