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Family : Trapaceae |
Family (APGIII) : LYTHRACEAE |
Protologue : Sp. Pl. 1: 120 (1753)  |
Information on the genus : Trapa |
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Status
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Status for NA : | accepted (present) |
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Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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Synonym(s) Homotypic |
Trapa natans L. var. natans |
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Taxon infra-specific |
Trapa natans var. bispinosa (Roxb.) Makino (1897) |
Trapa natans var. pumila Nakano ex Verdc. (1986) |
Trapa natans var. africana Brenan (1953) |
Trapa natans L. var. natans |
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Ecology and distribution |
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Biology : |
Aquatic floating annual herb with dimorphic leaves; floating leaves in rosette at upper nodes, with swollen spongy petiole and rhomboic blade; submerged leaves linear, entire, caducous; adventitious roots developping from leaf scars of submerged leaves. |
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Ecology : |
Quiet base-rich water, lakes, without too much calcium; swamps, pans; 0-1200m alt. S. Africa, Cameroon; India?, Indochina, Vietnam, Japan; |
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Bibliography for North Africa :
- Battandier, J.A & L.C. Trabut (1889). Flore de l'Algérie [Dicot] 1(2): 318
 - Fl. Algérie [Quézel & Santa] 2: 638 (1963).
- Fl. Eur. 2: 303 (1968).
- Fl. Tunisie [Pottier-Alapetite] 1: 557 (1979).
- Fl. Iberica 8: 72 (1997).
 - BOULOS, L. & E. LE FLOC'H (2008). Flore de Tunisie : catalogue synonymique commenté
- LE FLOC’H, E., L. BOULOS & E. VÉLA (2010). Catalogue synonymique commenté de la Flore de Tunisie

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see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
see under The Euro-Mediterranean Plant Base |
see under herbiergdebelair |
see under herbiergdebelair |
see under The International Plant Name Index |
see under African Plants - a Photo Guide |
see under Herbarium, North Africa MPU |
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Record n°129297 modified 2007-01-29 |
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