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Leiothylax warmingii

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Name

Identification
Leiothylax warmingii (Engl.) Warm. [family PODOSTEMACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Ledermanniella schlechteri (Engl.) C.Cusset [family PODOSTEMACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Cusset, C., 1975
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  • Leiothylax warmingii
  • Ledermanniella schlechteri

Flora

Entry for Leiothylax warmingii [family PODOSTEMACEAE]
Herbarium
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Compton Herbarium, Cape Town (SAM)
Collection
Flora of Southern Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of South Africa, (2003) Author: Dr J.P. Roux
Names
Leiothylax warmingii [family PODOSTEMACEAE]
Common names
Dicraea warmingii Engl, in Bot. Jahrb. 20:135 t. 4, figs. L-P (1894).
Information
Roots thallus-like, flat. Stems much branched with thin, soft, attenuate, dichoto-mously divided, filiform, floating leaves. Spathella ovoid, 3 mm long, very short, bursting irregularly, forming an open, ragged-edged cup around the flowers; pedicel 0 or very short; flower erect inside the closed spathella; segments minute, linear-subulate; stamens with the filaments united nearly to the apex; ovary smooth, styles somewhat linear-spathulate. Capsule globose, smooth. Fig. 31 :1.
Habitat
Hess, I.e. on p.369, also collected the species on the upper ledge of the Ruacana Falls in the Kunene River, at the Matanda Rapids, 1 km above the Ruacana Falls and at the Mabanda Rapids 10 km above the former. They were usually accom­panied by Tristicha trifaria and inhabited the higher rock outcrops which after 1-2 months become exposed again after the floods recede. Inversodicraea warmingii prefers areas that remain submerged much longer.
Use
Leiothylax warmingii (Engl.)Warm. in Kong. Danske Vid. Selsk. ser. 6, 9 : 150 (1899). Bak. & Wright in F.T.A. 6, 1:124 (1909); Engl, in Pflanzenfam. 18a:58(1930); Hess in Ber. Schweiz. Bot. Ges. 63:369, t. 8, fig. 7; t. 10, fig. 2 (1953); Podlech in F.S.W. A. 62 : 1(1966). Type: Congo, Pogge 1379 (Bf).
Range
Recorded from the Congo, Angola and South West Africa where it has been found in the Kunene River.

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