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Hydrocotyle mannii

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Name

Identification
Isotype of Hydrocotyle mannii Hook.f. [family UMBELLIFERAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • `mannii
  • Hydrocotyle moschata
  • Hydrocotyle bonplandii
  • Hydrocotyle mannii

Flora

Entry for HYDROCOTYLE moschata Forst. [family UMBELLIFERAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 1, page 1, (1877) Author: (By Mr. W. P. Hiern.)
Names
HYDROCOTYLE moschata Forst. [family UMBELLIFERAE], DC. Prod. iv. 67.
HYDROCOTYLE Mannii Hook. f. [family UMBELLIFERAE], Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 194
HYDROCOTYLE grossularioides Rich. [family UMBELLIFERAE], DC. Prod. iv. 68.
Information
Piloso-hispid, stem prostrate or creeping, rather slender, often rooting at the nodes, 2–10 in. long. Leaves orbicular, slit at the base up to central insertion of petiole, with 5–7 crenate lobes extending about 1/3 down, 1/3– 2/3 in. wide; petioles longer than the leaves, 1/2–1 1/2 in. long, usually solitary; stipules ovate, 1/12 in. long; peduncles usually solitary, slender, 1/3– 1/2 in. long. Flowers capitate, crowded, many together, on very short pedicels, in globose heads 1/8 in. in diameter; bracts small; petals green, valvular in bud; style nearly as long as the fruit. Fruit with acute primary and no secondary ridges, small, about 1/20 in. wide; mericarp with 1 rib on each face, acute at the back.
Range
Occurs also in Bourbon, New Zealand, &c.
Distribution
Mozamb. Dist. Tshiradzura mountains; fr. October, Dr. Kirk! in river-course.Fernando Po Upper Guinea 7000 ft. alt., Mann!

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