| Ceratophyllum muricatum Cham. |
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| Family : CERATOPHYLLACEAE |
| Protologue : Linnaea 4: 504 (1829) |
| Information on the genus : Ceratophyllum |
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Status
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| Status for NA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for SA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Homotypic |
 Ceratophyllum submersum subsp. muricatum (Cham.) Wilmot-Dear (1985) |
| Ceratophyllum muricatum Cham. subsp. muricatum (1829) |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Ceratophyllum echinatum A. Gray |
| =Ceratophyllum submersum var. echinatum (A. Gray) Wilmot-Dear (1985) |
| =Ceratophyllum cristatum Guill. & Perr. (1833) |
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| Taxon infra-specific |
| Ceratophyllum muricatum Cham. subsp. muricatum (1829) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Stems like C. demersum but more delicate; leaves forked 3-4 'times, lighter green; fruit flattened with both apical and basal 'spines, surface warty or spiny, long-spinose wing. |
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| Ecology : |
Slow-flowing or stagnant, shallow water, incl. seasonal highly alkaline pools; not in brackish estuaries. Libya?; Egypt; S. Africa; W Russia, Italy; India, E China, Pacific Islands; E USA to N S. America. |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
- Darbyshire, I. Kordofami, M. & al. (2015). The plants of Sudan and south Sudan, An annoted checklist. Kew Publishing
Bibliography for North Africa :
- Med-Checklist 1: 290 (1984).
- Fl. Egypt (Boulos) 1: 153 (1999).
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under chg |
| see under The Euro-Mediterranean Plant Base |
| see under Herbarium, North Africa MPU |
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| Record n°134939 |
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