| Centrostachys aquatica (R. Br.) Wall. |
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| Protologue : Fl. Ind. (Roxburgh) 2: 579 (1824) |
| Information on the genus : Centrostachys |
| Basionym : Achyranthes aquatica R. Br. |
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Status
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| Status for MA : | accepted (naturalised) |
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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 |
 Achyranthes aquatica R. Br. (1810) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Aquatic or subaquatic perennial 0,5-1,5 m high, prostrate to unknown. to 2 cm, spongy, hollow. |
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| Ecology : |
Pools and waterholes, along rivers, lake shores, and often about dams; on soils ranging from sand and grey-brown clayey loam to black clay; 20-1460 m alt. India, Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, Java. |
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| Biol./Eco : |
perennial-Herb- Ht 0.3 - 1.5 m.in states: BOT |
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| Biol./Eco : |
Emergent Aquatic; Dry; Freshwater Wetland; distribution: Africa. Asia, Naturalised in Madagascar. |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
- PEYRE DE FABRÈGUES B. & J. P. LEBRUN (1976). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Niger. Maison Alfort : 81
- BOUDET G. & J.P. LEBRUN (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali. Etudes et Synthèses IEMVT 16 : 58
- EXELL, A. & WILD, H. (1988). Flora Zambesiaca: Mozambique, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Bechuanaland Protectorate. London Kew 9[1]: 111
- Cat. Pl. Vasc. Burkina Faso:133 (2012)
- DARBYSHIRE, I. KORDOFAMI, M. & AL. (2015). The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, An annoted checklist. Kew Publishing : 278
- CÉSAR J. & C. CHATELAIN (2019). Flore illustrée du Tchad. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de Genève, Coopération Suisse & Univ. N'Djaména : 346
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
| see under Catalogue de Madagascar |
| see under Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden |
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