Aponogeton boehmiiEngl. [family APONOGETONACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet., Aponogeton abyssinicusHochst. [family APONOGETONACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
Aponogeton boehnii
Aponogeton abyssinicus
Ouvirandra bernieriana
Aponogeton hildebrandtii
Aponogeton braunii
Aponogeton holubii
Aponogeton desertorum
Aponogeton leptostachyus
Aponogeton spathaceus
Aponogeton boehmii
Calyptrostachys abyssinica
Aponogeton subconjugatus
Flora
Entry for APONOGETON abyssinicus Hochst. ex A. Rich. [family APONOGETONACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
APONOGETON abyssinicusHochst. ex A. Rich. [family APONOGETONACEAE], (1850).
Information
Leaf-blades ± long-petiolate, floating, ovate to lanceolate, 3–12 x 0.5–5 cm, acute to obtuse at the apex, cuneate to cordate at the base. Mostly bisexual. Spikes 2-branched with branches 10–50 x 2–8 mm, dense, pedunculate. Flowers mostly with 2 pinkish to purplish tepals, 6 stamens and 3, 4–14-ovulate carpels (rarely stamens absent and carpels up to 7 in apomictic plants). Follicles 3–7 mm long including 1–2 mm long beak. Seeds 0.7–1.5 x 0.2–0.4 mm.
Notes
Muco (Som.). Var. abyssinicus is distributed in eastern Africa from Ethiopia southwards to south-eastern Zaire. Three further varieties were recognized by Lye in Lidia 1: 73–79 (1986), all in Kenya and Tanzania.
