Ludwigia perennisL. [family ONAGRACEAE ] (stored under name); Ludwigia parvifloraRoxb. [family ONAGRACEAE ] Verified by Henry Trimen, Jussiaea perennis(L.) Brenan [family ONAGRACEAE ]
Related name
Ludwigia lythroides
Isnardia lythrarioides
Ludwigia jussiaeoides
Nematopyxis pusilla
Isnardia multiflora
Ludwigia parviflora
Ludwigia perennis
Ludwigia nesaeoides
Jussiaea perennis
Ludwigia erigata
Ludwigia prostrata
Ludwigia oppositifolia
Ludwigia alternifolia
Ludwigia humbertii
Ludwigia lythraroides
Jussiaea parviflora
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 perennisL. [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.
