African Plant Database


Limnophyton obtusifolium (L.) Miq.
Family : ALISMATACEAE
Protologue : Fl. Ned. Ind. 3: 243 (1855)
Information on the genus : Limnophyton
Basionym : Sagittaria obtusifolia L.
 
 
Status
Status for MA : accepted (present)
Status for SA : accepted (present)
Status for TA : accepted (present)
 
Synonym(s) Homotypic
 Sagittaria obtusifolia L. (1753)
 Alisma obtusifolium (L.) Thwaites
 
Synonym(s) Heterotypic
=Alisma kotschyi Hochst. (1843)
=Alisma sagittifolium Willd.
=Dipseudochorion sagittifolium (Willd.) Buchenau (1836)
=Limnophyton obtusifolium var. lunatum Peter
=Limnophyton parvifolium Peter (1928)
=Alisma sagittifolium Thwaites (1864)
=Caldesia sagittarioides Ostenf.
 
Ecology and distribution
South. Afr.
Biol./Eco : annual-Herb, Hydrophyte, Hyperhydate, occ. Epihydate- Ht 0.2 - 1 m. Alt: 45 - 900 m. Distribution: BOT, NAM, KN, LP, MP
Mada.
Biol./Eco : Herb; Dry, Subarid, Subhumid; Freshwater Wetland; 0-499 m; distribution: Africa. Asia,

Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
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  • Boudet G. & J.P. Lebrun (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali. Etudes et Synthèses IEMVT 16
  • Cat. Pl. Vasc. Burkina Faso:26 (2012)
  • Darbyshire, I. Kordofami, M. & al. (2015). The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, An annoted checklist. Kew Publishing
  • César J. & C. Chatelain (2019). Flore illustrée du Tchad. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de Genève, Coopération Suisse & Univ. N'Djaména
 
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see under Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden
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