Schizotheca hemprichiiEhrenb. ex Solms [family HYDROCHARITACEAE ] Thalassia hemprichii(Ehrenb. ex Solms) Asch. [family HYDROCHARITACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
Thalassia hemprichii
Schizotheca hemprichii
Flora
Entry for THALASSIA hemprichii (Ehrenb. ex Solms) Aschers. [family HYDROCHARITACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by M. Thulin (Lagarosiphon, Ottelia) and G. Sartoni (Enhalus, Halophila, Thalassia). [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
THALASSIA hemprichii(Ehrenb. ex Solms) Aschers. [family HYDROCHARITACEAE], (1871). Fig. 4.
Information
Rhizomes terete, greenish to light-brown, 2–6 mm in diam. Leaf sheath persistent, whitish or translucent, up to 9 cm long; blade 4–25(–40) cm long, 2.5–7(–10) mm wide; margin entire, sometimes slightly serrulate near the rounded apex. Peduncle of the male inflorescence c. 3 cm long, that of the female inflorescence 1–1.5 cm long, elongating up to 4 cm after anthesis. Spathal leaves 1.7–2.5 x 0.5–1 cm, entire or rarely serrulate near the apex. Male flower on a pedicel 2–3 cm long; female flower subsessile. Tepals colourless or light-brown, dotted or striated with reddish brown, 7–10 x c. 3 mm, revolute at anthesis. Stamens (3–)6–9(–12); anthers 7–11 mm long. Ovary of 6 carpels, up to 1 cm long; hypanthium 2–3 cm long; stigmatic branches 10–15 mm long, becoming recurved. Fruit c. 2–2.5 cm in diam., few-seeded.
Range
S2, 3, no doubt occurring also further to the north in the Red Sea and through the whole tropical region of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific.
