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| Family : LYTHRACEAE |
Protologue : Sp. Pl. 1: 120 (1753)  |
| Information on the genus : Ammannia |
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Status
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| Status for MA : | accepted (introduced) |
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| Status for NA : | accepted (introduced) |
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| Status for SA : | accepted (introduced) |
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| Status for TA : | accepted (introduced) |
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| Synonym(s) Homotypic |
 Ammannia baccifera L. subsp. baccifera |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Ammannia aegyptiaca Kotschy ex Koehne |
| =Ammannia wormskioldii Fisch. & C. A. Mey. |
| =Ammannia wormskioldii var. alata Koehne |
| =Ammannia hildebrandtii Koehne (1881) |
| =Ammannia baccifera var. micromerioides Cufod. |
| =Ammannia baccifera subsp. aegyptiaca Koehne |
| =Ammannia indica Lam. |
| =Ammannia vesicatoria Roxb. |
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| Taxon infra-specific |
| Ammannia baccifera L. subsp. baccifera |
| Ammannia baccifera var. attenuata (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Turki (2007) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Annual erect or ascending simple or ± branched herb or sometimes a minute ephemeral, less often subshrubby and possibly a short-lived perennial, (0,6-)2-80 cm tall; stems 4-angled or ± winged. |
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see more in the book |
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| Ecology : |
Silty places by standing and running water, black soil with grass and sedges by water, seepage zones and pools on rock outcrops in woodland and grassland; also as a weed in rice fields; 0-2000m alt. |
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Egypt; Madagascar, Mascarene Isl., India, Sri Lanka, Java, Philippines, China, Japan, Australia |
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Bibliography for North Africa :
- Med-Checklist 4: 228 (1989).
- Fl. Iberica 8: 26 (1997).
- Fl. Egypt (Boulos) 2: 147 (2000).
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under The Euro-Mediterranean Plant Base |
| see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale |
| see under Catalogue de Madagascar |
| see under African Plants - a Photo Guide |
| see under Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden |
| see under Herbarium, North Africa MPU |
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| Record n°148669 |
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