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NEPHROPHYLLUM abyssinicum A. Rich. [family CONVOLVULACEAE]

Date Updated: 19 August 2007

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol IV, Part 2, page 62, (1905) Author: (By J. G. Baker and A. B. Rendle.)
Names
NEPHROPHYLLUM abyssinicum A. Rich. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 77, t. 76. —Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 345. Hygrocharis abyssinica Hochst. ex A. Rich. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], l.c.; Hallier f. in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 81.
Information
A creeping tufted perennial herb, with very slender stems rooting from the nodes. Leaves reniform, glabrous, 2 1/2–5 lin. in diam. Petiole as long as or longer than the blade; bracteoles membranous, elliptic-ovate, obtuse, 3/4 lin. long. Peduncle reaching an inch long in fruit. Corolla 2 1/2 lin. long. Fruit about 1 1/2 lin. in diam., ellipsoid.
Distribution
Abyssinia Nile Land mountain meadow near Enjedcap, Schimper, 572! near Jelajeranne, Schimper, 1701! Debra Tabor, 8500 ft., Schimper, 1142! near Adowa, Dillon.

Date Updated: 19 August 2007

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol IV, Part 2, page 62, (1905) Author: (By J. G. Baker and A. B. Rendle.)
Names
NEPHROPHYLLUM abyssinicum A. Rich. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 77, t. 76. —Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 345. Hygrocharis abyssinica Hochst. ex A. Rich. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], l.c.; Hallier f. in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 81.
Information
A creeping tufted perennial herb, with very slender stems rooting from the nodes. Leaves reniform, glabrous, 2 1/2–5 lin. in diam. Petiole as long as or longer than the blade; bracteoles membranous, elliptic-ovate, obtuse, 3/4 lin. long. Peduncle reaching an inch long in fruit. Corolla 2 1/2 lin. long. Fruit about 1 1/2 lin. in diam., ellipsoid.
Distribution
Abyssinia Nile Land mountain meadow near Enjedcap, Schimper, 572! near Jelajeranne, Schimper, 1701! Debra Tabor, 8500 ft., Schimper, 1142! near Adowa, Dillon.

Date Updated: 19 August 2007

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol IV, Part 2, page 62, (1905) Author: (By J. G. Baker and A. B. Rendle.)
Names
NEPHROPHYLLUM abyssinicum A. Rich. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 77, t. 76. —Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 345. Hygrocharis abyssinica Hochst. ex A. Rich. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], l.c.; Hallier f. in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 81.
Information
A creeping tufted perennial herb, with very slender stems rooting from the nodes. Leaves reniform, glabrous, 2 1/2–5 lin. in diam. Petiole as long as or longer than the blade; bracteoles membranous, elliptic-ovate, obtuse, 3/4 lin. long. Peduncle reaching an inch long in fruit. Corolla 2 1/2 lin. long. Fruit about 1 1/2 lin. in diam., ellipsoid.
Distribution
Abyssinia Nile Land mountain meadow near Enjedcap, Schimper, 572! near Jelajeranne, Schimper, 1701! Debra Tabor, 8500 ft., Schimper, 1142! near Adowa, Dillon.
NEPHROPHYLLUM abyssinicum A. Rich. [family CONVOLVULACEAE]
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