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Ammannia prieuriana

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Name

Identification
Ammannia prieuriana Guill. & Perr. [family LYTHRACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Daramola, B.O, 1972
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Flora

Entry for Ammannia prieuriana Guill. & Perr. [family LYTHRACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 4, Part 0, page 276, (1978) Author: A. Fernandes
Names
Ammannia prieuriana Guill. & Perr. [family LYTHRACEAE], in Guill., Perr. & A. Rich., Fl. Senegamb. Tent. 1: 303 (1833).—Koehne in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 1: 248 (1880); in Engl., Pflanzenr. IV, 216: 48 (1903).—Engl., Pflanzenw. Afr. 3, 2: 646 (1921).—Fernandes & Diniz in Garcia de Orta 4, 3: 405 (1956).—Boutique in F.C.B., Lythraceae: 23 (1967).—Fernandes in C.F.A. 4: 175 (1970). Type from Senegambia.
Ammannia multiflora [family LYTHRACEAE], sensu Fernandes & Diniz, loc. cit. non Roxb. (1820).
Ammannia senegalensis [family LYTHRACEAE], sensu Fernandes & Diniz, tom. cit. 406 pro parte quoad specim. Torre 521 et Pedro & Pedrógão 4424.
Information
Annual usually branched herb 10–60 cm. high. Stems and branches 4-gonous, widely winged at the summits. Leaves 15–70× 1·5–11 mm., linear or oblong attenuated to the apex, almost hastate-cordate at the base, sometimes broader above the middle. Dichasia dense, 3-many-flowered; peduncle 1·5–3 mm. long. Flowers pedicellate, the pedicels 1–4 mm. long. Calyx-tube c. 1 mm. long, campanulate; lobes 4, deltate; appendages 4, short, horn-shaped. Petals 4, 0.5–0·6 mm. long, obovate, pinkish, caducous. Stamens 4, inserted ± at the middle of the calyx-tube. Ovary 0·7–1 mm. in diameter, globose; style 0·5–1 mm. long. Capsule 1·5–1·8 mm. in diameter, globose, exserted. Seeds c. 0·4 mm. long.
Habitat
Sands, banks of water courses, edges of swamps, marshes, etc.
Range
Widespread in tropical Africa
Distribution
Mozambique M Namaacha, km. 28·7 on national road no 3 R. Changalane, fl. & fr. 1.viii.1967, Marques 2139 (COI; LMU).Mozambique GI between Macontene and Chibuto, near R. Zenge, fl. & fr 30.vi.1950, Myre 889 (COI; LMA).Mozambique MS Beira, Chemba, Mitondo, c. 170 m., fl. & fr. 1971, Torre & Correia 18445 (LISC).Mozambique T Kabagahangwa Kraal, Mazoe R., 320 m., fl. & fr. 22.ix.1948, Wild 2581 (K; SRGH).Mozambique Z Lugela-Mocuba, Namagoa Estate, fl. & fr. vii, Faulkner 9 (COI; EA-K; PRE; SRGH).Malawi S Ciwalo, Kalembe, Mangochi, fl. & fr. 2.vi.1955, Jackson 1671 (K).Malawi C Benga, Nkhota-Kota, 470 m., fl. & fr. 2.ix.1946, Brass 17488 (BM; K; PRE-SRGH).Zimbabwe S Nuanetsi, Malangwe R., SW. Mateke Hills, 640 m., fl. & fr. 5.v.1958, Drummond 5582 (COI; SRGH).Zimbabwe E Inyanga, Honde Valley, 832 m., fl. & fr. 17.iv.1958, Phipps 1084 (COI; SRGH).Zimbabwe C Gwelo, Mlezu School Farm, 29 km. SSE. of Que Que, 1344 m., fl. & fr. 16.vi.1966, Biegel 1243 (COI; SRGH).Zimbabwe W Bulawayo 1440 m., fl. & fr. vii.1956, Miller 3618 (K; LISC; SRGH).Zambia S Choma, fl. & fr. 16.iv.1963, van Rensburg 1969 (K.; SRGH).Zambia E Chipata Distr., Chilongozi, Luangwa Game Reserve, Luangwa R., 600 m., fl. & fr. 11.x.1960, Richards 13325 (K; SRGH).Zambia W Mwekara, fl. & fr. 28.iv.1962, Fanshawe 6802 (SRGH).Zambia C 9·5 km. E. of Chisamba, fl. & fr. 19.v.1957, Best 130 (K; SRGH).Zambia N SW. of Mweru-wa-Ntipa, Mofwe Dambo, c. 912 m., fr. 30.vii.1962, Tyrer 150 (BM; SRGH).Malawi N between Mpata and Tanganyika Plateau, vii.1896, Whyte (K).Mozambique N Meconta, Corrane, fl. & fr. 11.vii.1948, Pedro & Pedrógão 4424 (COI; EA).Zimbabwe N Urungwe near Mogororo R., fl. & fr. viii.1957, Goodier 310 (K; SRGH).Zambia B Masese, fl. & fr. 3.v.1961, Fanshawe 6528 (K; SRGH).

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