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Rautanenia schinzii

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Name

Identification
Burnatia enneandra Micheli [family ALISMATACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by S.Carter, Rautanenia schinzii ( Buchenau) Buchenau [family ALISMATACEAE ]
Related name
  • Rautanenia schinzii
  • Burnatia enneandra

Flora

Entry for BURNATIA enneandra Micheli [family ALISMATACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (1960) Author: Susan Carter
Names
BURNATIA enneandra Micheli [family ALISMATACEAE], in DC., Mon. Phan. 3: 81 (1881); F.T.A. 8: 213 (1902); E.P. IV. 15: 60 (1903). Type: Sudan, Kordofan, near Arashkol Mountain, Kotschy 192 (BM, K, iso.!)
Echinodorus ? schinzii Buchen. [family ALISMATACEAE], in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 4: 413 (1896). Type: South West Africa, Amboland, Ondonga, Rautanen 51 (Z, holo.)
Rautanenia schinzii (Buchen.) Buchen. [family ALISMATACEAE], in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 854 (1897); F.T.A. 8: 212 (1902); E.P. IV. 15: 59 (1903)
Burnatia enneandra Peter var. linearis [family ALISMATACEAE], F.D.O.-A.: 120 and Anhang 11 (1929). Type: Tanganyika, Uzaramo District, Dar es Salaam, Peter 45008 (B, holo.†)
Burnatia alismatoïdes Peter [family ALISMATACEAE], F.D.O.-A.: 120 and Anhang 11 (1929). Type: Tanganyika, Uzaramo District, Dar es Salaam, Peter 45009 (B, holo. †)
Burnatia alismatoïdes Peter var. elliptica [family ALISMATACEAE], F.D.O.-A.: 120 and Anhang 11 (1929). Type: Tanganyika, Pangani District, Pangani R., Hale, Peter 46584 (B, holo. †)
Burnatia oblonga Peter [family ALISMATACEAE], F.D.O.-A.: 120 and Anhang 11 (1929). Type: Tanganyika, Uzaramo District, Dar es Salaam, Peter 46900 (B, holo. †)
Information
Petioles up to 40 cm. long, usually about 30 cm. Leaf-blade acute, very variable in shape, from ovate with rounded base, to linear-lanceolate with decurrent base, e.g. from 13 × 7 cm. to 16 × 4 cm. and 14 × 1 cm.; nerves 5 or 7, the median up to 1.5 mm. wide on the lower surface. Male inflorescence (15–)20(–30) cm., of 1–5 whorls of branches; female inflorescence shorter; lowest bracts 1–5 cm. long; bracts and sepals whitish, sometimes tinged violet. Male flowers: bracts 1.5–2.5 mm. long; pedicels 3–10 mm. long; sepals erect, ovate, 2–3 mm. long; petals smaller, delicate, persistent, about 1 mm. long; stamens with filaments 1.5 mm. long; anthers 1 mm. long; abortive carpels oblong, compressed, 1–1.5 mm. long. Female flowers: bracts 1 mm. long; sepals ovate, spreading, 1.5 mm. long; petals, if present, 3, minute and scale-like, found only on very robust specimens; carpels obovoid, compressed; achenes 8–20, usually about 12, 1.5(–2.5) mm. long, flanges almost circular. Fig. 7, p. 14.
Range
DISTR. U1–4; K1, 4; T2, 3; P widespread, from Ghana to the Sudan, and southwards to South Africa
Altitude range
50–1410 m.
Distribution
KENYA Northern Frontier District Sololo, 3 Aug. 1952, Gillett 13685!;KENYA Nairobi District Nairobi Game Park, 19 Aug. 1947, Bally 5237! & 8 km. N. of Nairobi, 8 June 1948, Bogdan 1637!TANGANYIKA Tanga District flats by Lwengera River 5 km. E. of Korogwe, 16 July 1953, Drummond & Hemsley 3332!TANGANYIKA Magunga, 28 Dec. 1953, Faulkner 1316!;TANGANYIKA Moshi District Mpololo, July 1928, Haarer 1498!UGANDA Lango District Oruma, Moroto, Sept. 1935, Eggeling 2218!;UGANDA Ankole District Ruizi River, 18 Dec. 1950, Jarrett 255!;UGANDA Teso District Amuria, 14 Sept. 1946, A. S. Thomas 4541!ZANZIBAR Pemba Island Vitongoge, 22 Sept. 1929, Vaughan 675! & Mrs. Taylor 84/2!

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