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Centrostachys aquatica

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Identification
Centrostachys aquatica (R. Br.) Baill. [family AMARANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by S. Diop, 2008 Achyranthes aquatica R.Br. [family AMARANTHACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Centrostachys flabelligera
  • Centrostachys aquatica
  • Achyranthes aquatica

Flora

Entry for ACHYRANTHES aquatica R. Br. [family AMARANTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 6, Part 1, page 14, (1913) Author: (By J. G. Baker, with additions by C. H. Wright.)
Names
ACHYRANTHES aquatica R. Br. [family AMARANTHACEAE], Prodr. 417. —Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 730; Schinz in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iii. 1A, 112; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 208; Lopr. in Engl. Jahrb. xxx. 13, t. 1, fig. K, L, M.
Centrostachys aquatica Moquin [family AMARANTHACEAE], in DC. Prodr. xiii. ii. 321; Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 493.
Centrostachys flabelligera Fenzl ex Moquin [family AMARANTHACEAE], in DC. Prodr. xiii. ii. 321.
Information
A stout, sparsely hairy herb, 2–4 ft. high, rooting from the lower nodes; the roots elongate, often in water. Leaves opposite, petioled; the blade 3–4 in. long, ovate or lanceolate, acute; base shortly narrowed on the petiole. Spikes 3 by 2/3 in., rhachis hairy; bracteoles hardly 1/4 the length of the perianth, ovate, pointed. Perianth 1/3 in. long, glabrous, straw-colour; segments lanceolate, striate, muticous. Staminodes long quadrate, sparingly fimbriate at the top. Ovary glabrous. Nut large, very little flattened.
Distribution
Nubia Nile Land Kotschy, 198!Ethiopia Nile Land Kotschy, 32!Abyssinia Nile Land Begemeder; in a swamp by the River Reb, 5700 ft., Schimper, 1376! White Nile Schweinfurth, 985!
Distribution (external)
India

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