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Jussiaea perennis

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Name

Identification
Ludwigia perennis L. [family ONAGRACEAE ] (stored under name); Ludwigia parviflora Roxb. [family ONAGRACEAE ] Verified by Henry Trimen, Jussiaea perennis (L.) Brenan [family ONAGRACEAE ]
Related name
  • Ludwigia perennis
  • Ludwigia parviflora
  • Jussiaea parviflora
  • Jussiaea perennis

Flora

Entry for LUDWIGIA perennis L. [family ONAGRACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
LUDWIGIA perennis L. [family ONAGRACEAE], (1753);
Jussiaea perennis (L.) Brenan [family ONAGRACEAE], (1953). [type as above]
Information
Annual herb, up to 1 m tall, subglabrous or minutely puberulous on young parts. Leaves narrowly elliptic to lanceolate, 1–11 x 0.3–2.7 cm, subacute at the apex; petiole 2–15 mm long. Sepals 4(–5), (1.3–)2–3.5 mm long. Petals 1–3 mm long. Stamens 4(–5). Capsules 3–16(–19) mm long. Seeds 0.3–0.4 mm long.
Range
S3 (near Goba) Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and westwards to Senegal and southwards to Natal, Madagascar, tropical Asia.
Altitude range
c. 35 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Gillett & al. 24999.

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